What is a canvas?
Canvases allow you to organize content within the workspace. You can combine individual assets within a canvas to easily present, locate, and share information. A single canvas may contain one or more assets; multiple canvases can be nested or layered – one within the other.
Creating a canvas from the workspace toolbar
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Select
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The Canvas size modal opens, providing options for the size of your canvas.
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Select the desired size.
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A blue outline of the canvas appears attached to your cursor. Drag the canvas to the desired location, then select to insert it.
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The canvas displays adjustable anchor points and a toolbar.
Note: A canvas can exist in the workspace without a name. If you prefer this, simply clear the default canvas name in edit mode.
Expand to learn about all options in the canvas toolbar.
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Adjust the background color, border color, and opacity. |
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Change the canvas size. |
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Adjust the visibility of the canvas for workspace collaborators. Visibility of this function is dependent on your workspace role. |
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Locks the canvas to its current workspace location. |
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Add and view comments on the notecard. |
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View and select additional actions available based on the workspace object. |
BluePro Tip: Adjusting canvas color and opacity helps organize and create visual distinctions between content in your workspace.
If you prefer the canvas to have a transparent background, select
(No color) in the background tab of the color picker
Creating a canvas around workspace content
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Using
(Select) or by holding down the shift key in 
(Pan), click and drag your cursor across the assets you wish to place the canvas around. This group selects them, forming a frame around the content. -
Select
(More) from the content toolbar. -
From this menu, select Create, then Canvas.
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The group-selected assets are enclosed in a canvas.
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The canvas displays adjustable anchor points and a toolbar.
