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Stacking objects
The Adobe Illustrator program stacks
successively drawn objects, beginning
with the first object drawn. How objects
are stacked determines how they are
displayed when they overlap. In addi-
tion, stacking is important when work-
ing with masks.
You can change the stacking order, also
called the painting order, of objects in
your artwork at any time. You can also
control how overlapping objects are
displayed by using layers.
Note: Grouping objects may affect the
way the objects are stacked in relation
to other, nongrouped objects in the
artwork. See Grouping and ungrouping
objects for more information.