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• Click the layer name in the Layers palette.
• Select a single item on the page. That item's layer automatically becomes the
active layer.
Only one layer can be active at a time (even if you select items on more than one layer
at a time). However, you can select more than one layer at a time (for example, if you
want to merge the layers). To select more than one layer, do one of the following
things:
• Select items from more than one layer (for example, by selecting everything on
the page).
• To select consecutive layers in the palette, press Shift while you click the first and
last layer in the range you want to select.
• To select non-consecutive layers in the palette, press Command/Ctrl while clicking
the layers you want to select.
To deselect a layer when multiple layers are selected, press Command/Ctrl and click
the layer you want to deselect.
Showing and hiding layers
The Visible column in the Layers palette controls which layers display at any
given time. When the Visible icon appears in the Visible column, a layer is visible.
• To show or hide a layer, click in the Visible column to the left of that layer's
name. You can also double-click a layer to display its Attributes dialog box, check
or uncheck Visible in the dialog box, and then click OK.
• To show or hide all the layers in a layout at once, select a layer name and choose
Show All Layers or Hide All Layers from the Layers palette context menu.
• To hide all layers except the active layer, select the name of the layer that you
want to be active and then choose Hide Other Layers from the Layers palette
context menu. Alternatively, you can press Control/Ctrl while clicking the Visible
icon of the layer you want to display; all other layers will be hidden.
• To display all layers except the active layer, choose Show Other Layers from the
Layers palette context menu.
When you use the Find/Change feature, QuarkXPress searches hidden layers as well
as visible layers. If a match is found on a hidden layer, QuarkXPress temporarily displays
the hidden text box or text path.
When you check the spelling in a layout or story, QuarkXPress searches all layers in
the layout or story. If questionable spelling is encountered on a hidden layer,
QuarkXPress temporarily displays the hidden text box or text path.
When a layer is hidden, that layer displays unchecked by default in the Layers pane
of the Print dialog box, and consequently that layer will not print (unless you click
to check the layer manually in the Print dialog box).
When you create an item on a hidden layer, that item remains visible until you deselect
the item.
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