10.2

Locking items on layers
To avoid inadvertently making changes to items on a layer, you can use the Layers
palette to lock the entire layer.
Layer locking is independent from item locking. Items locked using Item > Lock can
still be selected and edited; items on a locked layer cannot be selected at all. If you
lock an item on a layer using Item > Lock, and then lock and unlock the layer, the
item retains the item lock even after the layer is unlocked.
The Lock column in the Layers palette controls the locking of layers. To lock layers,
use one of the following methods:
• To lock or unlock a layer, click in the Lock column to the left of the layer's name. You
can also double-click the layer to display its Attributes dialog box, check or uncheck
Locked, and then click OK.
• To lock all but one layer, press Command/Ctrl and click in the Lock column next to
the layer you want to edit.
• To lock all layers, choose Lock All Layers from the palette menu.
Using master pages with layers
You can also use layers on master pages. Remember that items that come from a master
page that reside on the same layer will always be positioned behind items on the
document page.
If you downsave to QuarkXPress 9 (which did not support layers on master pages), all
items on the master page will be put on the default layer and this might create a
different stacking order than existed in QuarkXPress 10.
Suppressing printout of layers
Just as you can suppress the printout of items such as picture boxes using the Modify
dialog box, you can suppress the printout of layers. To suppress the printout of a layer,
double-click that layer in the Layers palette. In the Attributes dialog box, check
Suppress Output, and then click OK.
When Suppress Output is checked for a layer, that layer displays unchecked by default
in the Layers pane of the Print dialog box, and consequently that layer will not print
(unless you check the layer manually in the Print dialog box).
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