Canvas Right-Click Menu Options


The right-click menu for the Canvas options is how you will be able to show or hide Rulers or a Bleed, add line Guides to use when editing a design, or turn on/off the Snap feature. To view these options, click anywhere on the empty canvas, or in the area outside the canvas.

You will then see the following options:

  • Snap – This feature will automatically align the selected item as you move it closer to another item on the canvas.
  • Paste/Paste in Place – The Paste option will paste any cut or copied items onto the canvas. The Paste in Place will paste these items in the exact same canvas location as the cut/copied items.
  • View – These options provide canvas tools to help in the design process:
    • Show Bleed – Displays the bleed with dashed lines showing the margin.
    • Show Rulers – Displays rulers on the outer edges of the canvas.
    • Show Ruler Outside – Displays rulers on the edges of the design space.
    • Show Rulers – Displays rulers on the outer edges of the canvas.
    • Show Ruler Outside – Displays rulers on the edges of the design space.
    • Guides – Enables the ability to place visible lines on the canvas to use as alignment guides. To place a guide line on the canvas, hover over the ruler and click and drag in the direction you want to place the line.
    • Lock Guides – Prevents the movement of placed guides.
    • Clear Guides – Removes all guides from the canvas.

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