Understand Canvases

A canvas is an online visual collaboration space for teammates to work together, either asynchronously or in real-time. Canvases can be used to collaborate on nearly any project and document progress— everything from discussions to project updates to collating related files can be handled in a canvas. Every element can be edited with a simple drag-and-drop interface by all participants in the canvas, allowing for a cooperative, seamless work experience. You can find a canvas associated with each task in a project and each initiative under a Key Result.

Canvases in ALLO are slide-format and we call these slides pages. Pages allow you to create flows or sections for your canvas content and better organize your collaterals. In this article, we will talk about:

• How to add and delete a page
• How to set the page title
• How to set the page size
• How to change the background of a page
• How to duplicate, copy, and paste a page
• How to select multiple pages at the same time

How to add and delete a page

There are a couple of ways to add pages inside a canvas:

1. Click the "Add page" button towards the top of the left sidebar.
2. Click the three dots of a page, and select "Add new page".
3. Below the last page of the canvas, click the "Add page" button.

To delete a page, click the three dots of the page you want to delete and select "Delete page".

How to set the page title

Page titles are especially useful when you want to label the section or flow of the canvas content. There are two ways you can set the title for a page. 

1. Above the top left corner of the page, click "Page Title"
2. Enter a page title of your liking
3. Click "Submit"

Or

1. Click the three-dot of the page you want to set the title of
2. Select "Set Page Title"
3. Enter a page title of your liking
4. Click "Submit"

How to change the background of a page

White the default page background is white, you can change the background of each page to either another color or an image. To do so, follow the below steps:

1. Above the top right corner of the page you want to change the background of, click the color bucket icon.
2. Select a color of your liking or upload an image by clicking the plus button.
3. Click the "Clear" button to remove the image background of a page.

How to duplicate, copy, and paste a page

To duplicate, copy, and paste a page, simply click the three-dot of the page, and select the action you want to proceed with. 

When you duplicate or paste a page, the newly replicated or pasted page will be added right below the original page you proceed with the action. 

How to select multiple pages at the same time

The multiple-page selection feature allows you to copy, move, duplicate, or delete multiple pages at once, making it easier to manage your canvas work. Here's how to select multiple pages:

• To select multiple consecutive pages, press and hold the ‘Shift’ key and click the first page and the last pages you want to select.
  • For example, to select pages 1-3: Press and hold 'Shift' and click pages 1 and 3.

• To select multiple non-consecutive pages, press and hold the ‘Ctrl’ (or ‘Command’ on Mac) key and click the pages you want to select.
  • For example, to select pages 1, 3, and 5: Press and hold 'Ctrl' (or ‘Command’ on Mac) and click pages 1, 3, and 5.

Note: The multiple-page selection feature is only available on the PC version.