8.5

Table Of Contents
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.
QuarkXPress also evaluates the Type setting in the Runaround tab of the Modify dialog
box (Item menu) when determining whether to wrap text around items.
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.
To hide the text runaround forced by items on a hidden layer, double-click the hidden
layer in the Layers palette to display the Attributes dialog box, and then uncheck Keep
Runaround and click OK.
To change this default runaround setting for new layers, uncheck Keep Runaround in the
Layers pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu).
Duplicating layers
To duplicate a layer, select that layer in the Layers palette and choose Duplicate Layer
from the Layers palette menu. The new, duplicate layer is placed directly in front of the
original layer.
If you duplicate a story with linked text boxes that have been placed on different layers,
you will observe the following behaviors:
If you duplicate the layer containing the first box in the story, all of the text in that box,
as well as the text in the linked boxes that complete the story, is duplicated. The first box
displays on the duplicated layer and displays an overflow symbol.
If you duplicate a layer that includes one of the boxes in the middle of the story, all of the
text in that box, as well as the text in the linked boxes that complete the story, is duplicated.
The middle box displays on the duplicated layer and displays an overflow symbol. None
of the text from any preceding boxes in the story is copied onto the duplicate layer.
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.
A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS 8.5: PLUS EDITION | 197
DOCUMENT CONSTRUCTION