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Placeholder for image of the Layers palette.
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.
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.