How do I make a canvas?

1. Click New… in the toolbar and choose New canvas.
2. An empty canvas named Untitled canvas opens. It's listed under Databases in the sidebar.
3. In the canvas tools, click Text, or open Shapes and choose one. Terra places it in the middle of the view. Drag it where you want it.
4. To join two shapes, pick Connector and drag from one to the other.
5. To make a text box a real note, select it and click Promote to Note.

Shortcut: none

Other ways

• Right-click an empty part of the sidebar, or the Databases heading, and choose New canvas.
• To lay out an existing database's notes, switch one of its views to the Canvas layout. Then drag notes from the note list beside the sidebar onto the canvas.

Good to know

• Drag empty space to move around. Scroll or pinch to zoom. Shift-drag to select several items.
• A canvas is a database with a Canvas view. Shapes, text and drawings live only on the canvas. Notes on it stay ordinary notes.
• Export Canvas saves a .terra.canvas file. Import Canvas brings one in.
• To rename a canvas, right-click it in the sidebar and choose Rename.