Specifications

Managing Layers

Whenever you add some shape or text or image to your menu page (not as a background but using the

Add Panel of the Editing Area) each of them automatically forms a new layer. You can see the list of

these layers in the Navigation Panel to the left of the Editing Area.

The concept of layers means that all the shapes and text and images overlay one another and you can

change their order on the menu page in three dimensions - relative to each other in two flat dimensions

on the menu page and relative to each other in the third dimension that determines their order one over

another.

1. The first layout type can be changed right within the Editing Area. You can move the shapes and text

and images within the menu page and change their sizes using the black square on the shape or text

or image boundaries or rotating the text using the green circle . You can also select several shapes

(text, images, simple shapes) using the mouse button and the keyboard Shift button (press the Shift on your keyboard and,

without releasing it, use the mouse cursor clicking the left mouse button on the necessary shape). After the necessary

shapes are selected with the mouse, you can change their position altogether using the Edit section of the Main Menu or the

Align Objects button of the Layout Panel of the Editing Area. To select all the shapes at once, use the Ctrl+A keyboard

shortcut or the Select All Layers option of the Edit section of the Main Menu. The Align Left, Align Top, Align Right,

Align Bottom, Align by Horizontal Center and Align by Vertical Center options are available for the layers layout.

Note: you can also use the Navigation Panel to select the necessary layers. Use the keyboard Shift

together with the left mouse button pressed simultaneously to select the necessary layers, and after

that the Edit section of the Main Menu or the Align Objects button of the Layout Panel of the

Editing Area can be used to change the layers layout.

2. The second layout type determines the visibility of the layers relative to each other and is more easily changed using the

Navigation Panel. You should select the necessary layer (simple shape, text or image) on the Navigation Panel and use

the Order option of the Edit section of the Main Menu or the Layers Layout button of the Layout Panel of the Editing

Area. The Bring to Foreground, Send Forward, Send Backward and Move to Background options are available for

the layers order. Or you can simply select the necessary layer with the mouse button on the Navigation Panel and, without

releasing the mouse button, drag it to the necessary position in the layers hierarchy and release the mouse button

afterwards.

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