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This option is turned on by default. When it is on and one or more items are copied
and pasted, then the elements will be pasted on the same layer from which they were
copied. Layer matching is done by name, so if the item comes from a different
document with different layer names, a new layer with that name will be created.
If the preference is turned off, all items will be pasted on the layer that is currently
active.
Changing the stacking order of layers
Stacking on a layer works the same way it does on a "plain" page. Within a layer, each
item has its own position in the stacking order (the front-to-back positioning of the
items on the layer). When you draw items on a layer, new items are stacked in front
of existing items on that layer. You can use the Send to Back, Send Backward, Bring
to Front, and Bring Forward commands (Item menu) to change the stacking order
of items within a layer, but these commands do not move items to different layers.
However, everything on a front layer displays in front of everything on a rear layer.
To change the stacking order of layers, you can drag a layer to a new position in the
Layers palette. (The layer at the top of the Layers palette is the frontmost layer of the
layout.)
Layers and text runaround
Items on layers follow the standard runaround rule in QuarkXPress: Text can only
wrap around items that are in front of that text. For example, if you draw a small
picture box in the center of a column of text, the text will wrap around the picture
box by default.
QuarkXPress also evaluates the Type setting in the Runaround tab of the Modify
dialog box (Item menu) when determining whether to wrap text around items.
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