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• Even if a front layer is showing, you can "click through" any empty portions of
that layer and select items on underlying layers, without having to manually
change the active layer.
• Each layer exists on every page in a QuarkXPress layout, rather than being specific
to a page or spread. This makes it easy to control the appearance of every page in
a long layout.
• Text in a rear layer can run around objects in a front layer.
Creating layers
To create a layer, click the New Layer button in the Layers palette. The new layer
is added to the Layers palette, in front of the active layer. The new layer is active by
default, which means that any items you create will be placed on that layer.
To create a new item on a particular layer, first click the layer's name in the Layers
palette to activate that layer. Then use any of the standard item creation tools to create
items on the layer.
Selecting layers
The active layer is identified in the Layers palette by the Edit icon . The active layer
is the layer where any new items you create will be put. You can set the active layer
in two ways:
• 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.
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