Displays the Open File dialog box and automatically navigate to the Templates folder making it easy to find stored template files. Template files (saved with a .cdt extension) will open a new untitled document with the contents of the original, keeping the original intact.

Open Folder...V3

Displays the Open File dialog box and allows you to select a folder of documents or images rather than an individual document. This is very helpful when working on a multi-page project and a preferred choice for preparing for a presentation.

Insert...

Displays the Open File dialog box so you can choose graphics or audio files V3.5 to insert into your canvas. Canvastic can insert many standard graphic files, including jpeg, gif, and png. Audio files supported are mp3, mp4, and wav. Windows users will need to pick the correct file format from the “Files of type:” control or they won't find any files to insert.

Note: Images are scaled automatically if they are too large for the canvas. V3

Close

Closes the front most window, but leaves the Canvastic application open. Under Windows, Canvastic will Quit.

Save

Saves the document displayed in the front most window. If you are saving the document for the first time, a dialog box will open in which you can specify a name and location for the new file. Canvastic documents are saved with the extension .cdc

Save As...

Saves a copy of the document displayed in the front most window. Use this menu item to save an existing document with a new name or in a new location, thus preserving the original document.

Save As Template...

Saves a copy of the document displayed in the front most window in a special way. Use this menu item to save an existing document as a special template file. It will have the extension .cdt

Template files open as new untitled documents but with all the content saved in the template. See the Templates folder included within the Canvastic folder for many examples of template files.

Note: You can change any Canvastic document into a Canvastic template by changing the extension to .cdt

Export

Saves a copy of the document displayed in the front most window in a common graphics format like JPEG, BMP, and PNG. Those exported files can be easily inserted into other applications. Choose JPEG, BMP, or PNG from the sub-menu.

Slide Show...

Displays the Slide Show window in which you can build a slide show of Canvastic documents and other graphics files as a full-screen presentation.

Open the Canvastic documents that you would like to use in your presentation if you wish.
Use the Add (+) and Delete (-) buttons in the bottom left of the window to add or delete documents that have been saved to the show. You may add Canvastic documents, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and PICT files.
Use the button to automatically:
- add all your open documents.
- add all the documents from a chosen folder.
- remove all slides and start over.
You can change the order of the slides by clicking and dragging them to a different position in the list.
Choose Manual Slide Change or Timed Slide Change. Manual slide shows are controlled with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Press the right arrow key to move forward through the slides. Press the left arrow key to move back. The up arrow key displays the first slide. The down arrow key displays the last slide. The Esc key stops the slide show.
If you are using the Timed Slide Change option, adjust the number of display seconds per slide by clicking the up or down arrows. Fractional seconds are supported so that creating animations are possible with the slide show functions.
Select a background color for the show by clicking the Background color box.
Use the Music drop down menu to select an audio file for your presentation. Audio files must be in mp3 format and saved into the Music folder within the Canvastic folder. Some default choices are included; Rock, Jazz, Country, and Pastoral.
Audio clips that have been inserted into the individual pages using the Audio tool will play during the slideshow. If there are multiple sounds the last one inserted will play first, then the next to last one inserted and so on. Music backgrounds (if chosen) will fade in volume until the slide's sounds are finished playing.
You can click the Fit button to automatically time the slides to “fit” the music selection.
Select a transition from the Transition popup menu.
Use the (Play) button to display a full screen live presentation. Note: If you are using the Timed Slide Change option you can over ride the timings with the arrow keys.
Use the Esc key or the Q key to stop the presentation and return to the Slide Show window.
The presentation will continue playing in a loop until the ESC key is pressed.
Note: The presentation cannot be saved. See the Movie... export section for saving options.
Note: If you are creating an animation you should open your slides first from Canvastic’s File menu rather than just loading them in the Slide Show interface. They will display faster and smoother.

slide show dialog

Movie...

This option allows you to save your documents into a QuickTime movie for posting on the web or sharing.

Open the Canvastic documents that you would like to use in your presentation if you wish.
Use the Add (+) and Delete (-) buttons in the bottom left of the window to add or delete slides from the show. You may add Canvastic documents, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and PICT files.
Use the button to automatically:
- add all your open documents.
- add all the documents from a chosen folder.
- remove all slides and start over.
You can change the order of the slides by clicking and dragging them to a different position in the list.
Adjust the number of display seconds per slide by clicking the up or down arrows. Fractional seconds are supported so that creating animations are possible with the movie functions.
Select a background color for the show by clicking the Background color box.
Use the Music drop down menu to select an audio file for your presentation. Audio files must be in mp3 format and saved into the Music folder within the Canvastic folder. Some default choices are included; Rock, Jazz, Country, and Pastoral. Note: only audio objects of the same type will play in the Movies. For example, only use recorded sounds when saving a movie.
You can click the Fit button to automatically time the slides to “fit” the music selection.
Select a transition from the Transition popup menu.
Select a target size for your show. The options are Extra-Small (160 x 120), Small (320 x 240), Medium (640 x 480), and Large (800 x 600).
Finally, click the Build... button to build your show as a new Quicktime movie. You will be prompted for a file name and location for your movie to be saved.
A progress bar will appear while the show is being built. Click the Close button when the process is complete.
You can open your movie with QuickTime Player or by double clicking the file. You cannot open it from inside Canvastic.

movie dialog

Page Setup...

Displays your chosen printer's Page Setup dialog box where you can make choices about how the document will print such as orientation (portrait or landscape) and size.

Print...

Prints the document displayed in the front most window.

Note: The first time you choose to print during a Canvastic session, the Page Setup dialog box appears before the print dialog appears. You must choose the proper orientation of the document, portrait or landscape . Then you will make your print choices in the print dialog.

Canvastic will center your work on the page. Don't create documents larger than 7.5 inches by 10 inches on Macintosh and 6.5 inches by 9 inches on Windows to avoid problems with your printer not printing the edges correctly.

Quit or Exit

Quits the Canvastic application. If there are un-saved documents, you will be asked to save them.
This menu item appears under the Canvastic menu in Macintosh and is labeled Quit.