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• 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.
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.
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