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Creating layers and editing layer properties
Using the Layer tab you can:
• Create a new layer or edit an existing one.
• Make the layer editable and visible by default.
• Define the layer as a page background that will not appear when printed.
• Specify that all objects in the layer will only repel text objects (on page 192)
wit
hin the same layer. This prevents text on the layer being repelled by objects in
other layers.
Using guidelines
The Guides tab allows you to create layer guidelines at precise numeric values and
choose a color for guide layer objects.
See the
GUIDE OBJECTS & GUIDELINES section in Object handling for more information
on using guidelines.
Special Layers
There are several special types of layer. They appear in the Page & Layer Gallery and
can be turned on and off as usual, but behave slightly differently.
BACKGROUND LAYERS are non-printing layers that appear at the bottom of the
document, under everything else. When you apply a color to the page background
(drag and drop color from the color line) this will create a
PAGE BACKGROUND layer
automatically. Normally this is locked.
You can also set the color of the pasteboard (the area around the page) by dragging a
color from the color line and dropping it on the pasteboard. This creates a
PASTEBOARD BACKGROUND layer automatically. Again, this layer is locked.
The
GUIDES LAYER is where guidelines or guide objects are placed. When you create a
guideline this automatically creates a Guides layer. See Guide Objects and Guidelines
(on page 119) in the Object Handling chapter to find out m
ore.
Hiding Layers and Objects
The rightmost two columns of icons in the Page & Layer Gallery control the visibility
and locking of layers and all objects on the page.
Clicking on the open eye
icon will hide the layer or object on the page, and the icon
will turn to a closed eye
. Clicking again will revert the layer or object to be visible.
When any item is hidden, it becomes invisible on the page and can no longer be seen
or selected. The way to get hidden items back is to click its closed eye
icon.