8.5

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Click the box you created in step 2.
All pages based on this master page will contain an automatic text box. Text
inserted into this box will automatically flow from page to page.
Working with layers
The Layers palette is the "control center" for layers. You can hide, show, lock, or unlock
layers with a single click in this palette. You also can use this palette to specify the active
layer (where newly drawn objects will go), to rearrange the stacking order of layers, to
merge layers, and to move objects from one layer to another.
Each layer you create has a unique color swatch in the Layers palette. When you create
an item on a layer, the item's bounding box and handles use that layer's color.
To display the Layers palette, choose View > Layers.
You can work with layers in the Layers palette.
Every layout has a Default layer. You can add and remove items from the Default layer,
but you cannot delete the Default layer. When you open a layout that was created with
a version of QuarkXPress prior to 5.0, all items display on the Default layer.
A layout can contain up to 256 layers, including the Default layer.
Understanding layers
A QuarkXPress layer is like a clear overlay that covers every page in a layout. You can put
almost anything on a layer, including picture boxes, text boxes, lines, tables, interactive
objects, and any other kind of QuarkXPress item.
Layers can be useful in many different ways:
You can put different translations of a document on different layers, and thus store all
language versions of the document in the same layout. When you print the layout, you
can hide all of the layers except the one that contains the language you want.
You can put different versions of a design on different layers, so that you can easily switch
back and forth among variations on the design theme when showing a design to a client.
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