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DOCUMENT CONSTRUCTION
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
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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.
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