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When you hide a layer, you can either show or hide the text runaround caused by the
obstructing items on that layer. By default, text runaround forced by hidden items is
maintained.
• To hide the text runaround forced by items on a hidden layer, double-click the hidden
layer in the Layers palette to display the Attributes dialog box, and then uncheck
Keep Runaround and click OK.
• To change this default runaround setting for new layers, uncheck Keep Runaround
in the Layers pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu).
Duplicating layers
To duplicate a layer, select that layer in the Layers palette and choose Duplicate Layer
from the Layers palette menu. The new, duplicate layer is placed directly in front of
the original layer.
If you duplicate a story with linked text boxes that have been placed on different
layers, you will observe the following behaviors:
• If you duplicate the layer containing the first box in the story, all of the text in that
box, as well as the text in the linked boxes that complete the story, is duplicated. The
first box displays on the duplicated layer and displays an overflow symbol.
• If you duplicate a layer that includes one of the boxes in the middle of the story, all
of the text in that box, as well as the text in the linked boxes that complete the story,
is duplicated. The middle box displays on the duplicated layer and displays an overflow
symbol. None of the text from any preceding boxes in the story is copied onto the
duplicate layer.
• If you duplicate the layer that contains only the last box in a story, only the text in
that last box, and none of the text from any preceding boxes in the story, is copied
to the duplicate layer.
Merging layers
When you merge two or more layers, all the items on all of the layers move to the
same layer. Stacking order is maintained both within and among all of the merged
layers (in other words, everything on a front layer remains in front of everything on
a rear layer). To merge layers:
1
In the Layers palette, select the layers to be merged.
2
Click the Merge Layers button in the Layers palette. The Merge Layers dialog box
displays.
3
Choose a target layer from the Choose Destination Layer drop-down menu.
4
Click OK. The visual indicators for the merged items display the color of the layer to
which you merged, and the layers that you selected for merging are deleted.
Layers cannot be merged when one of the selected layers is locked.
Items may be merged from the Default layer, but the Default layer is never deleted by
a merge operation.
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