Drawing canvas

[Jane]

What advantage does the drawing canvas have (if any)? I
know I can turn it off, but I keep thinking it must have
some advantage that I'm not aware of.

Jane

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The advantages I am aware of are:

1. It permits you to use connectors (not available otherwise).

2. It keeps your AutoShapes together without your having to group them; you
can move the whole canvas and everything in it.

3. I think you can resize the whole canvas and everything in it (though this
may be wrong, because I've resized the canvas to make more room for existing
shapes).

I expect Bob Buckland will be along soon to provide a more authoritative and
satisfactory answer!