How to Change your Canvas Background

The document viewer lets you change the look of the canvas behind a document while you review it. You can pick a background pattern and switch between a light and a dark canvas. Use this when you want clearer reference points for lining up content, or a lower-glare view for long review sessions.

Open a document in the viewer

1. From the marketing projects list, open the project you want to review.
2. Go to the project's documents.
3. Open the document you want to review. It opens in the document viewer.

Change the canvas background

In the document viewer toolbar, find the canvas background control. It is a grid icon with a small dropdown arrow. Hover over it to see the current selection, such as "Canvas background: Dot grid, light".

Select the control to open the menu. It lists three patterns, and the one currently in use is marked as selected:

• Plain gives you a clean, distraction-free canvas with no pattern.
• Dot grid adds subtle reference points, which help when lining up marketing content. This is the default.
• Lined grid gives stronger structure, which is useful when you are checking alignment.

Choose a pattern and the canvas updates right away. To compare styles, reopen the menu and choose another one.

Switch to a dark canvas

At the bottom of the same menu is a Light/Dark switch. Turn it on to use a dark canvas for lower glare, and turn it off to go back to light. The switch is separate from the pattern, so you can combine any pattern with either tone. A dark canvas with a lined grid, for example, gives a comfortable view for detailed alignment checks.

Good to know

• The setting only changes how the canvas looks while you review. It does not change the document itself.
• The canvas background starts as a light dot grid each time you open a document in the viewer, so you may need to choose your preferred style again.