Paste or drag graphics – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Last updated 11/16/2011
10 Set the When Updating Link option as desired:
Use Photoshop’s/PDF’s Layer Visibility
Matches the layer visibility settings to those of the linked file when you update
the link.
Keep Layer Visibility Overrides
Maintains the layer visibility settings as specified in the InDesign document.
11 Click OK, and do one of the following:
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To import into a new frame, click the loaded graphics icon
in the layout at the place where you want the upper
left corner of the graphic to appear.
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To import into an existing, unselected frame, click the loaded graphics icon
anywhere in that frame.
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To import into an existing selected frame, you don’t need to do anything. The image automatically appears in that
frame.
If you accidently replace an existing graphic with an image you’re placing, press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z
(Mac OS) to return the original image to the frame and display the loaded graphics icon.
Set layer visibility for placed AI, PSD, PDF, and INDD files
After you place a Photoshop PSD or layered PDF, an Illustrator AI file, or an InDesign INDD file, you can control the
visibility of its layers by using the Object Layer Options dialog box. If the Photoshop PSD file contains layer comps,
you can choose which comp you want to display. In addition, you can choose whether to maintain the visibility settings
or match the settings of the original file each time you update the link.
1 Select the file in the InDesign document.
2 Choose Object > Object Layer Options.
3 To view a preview of the image, select Preview.
4 (Photoshop PSD files only) If the image contains layer comps, choose the layer comp you want to display from the
Layer Comp pop-up menu.
5 Do one of the following:
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To open or close a layer set, click the triangle to the left of the folder icon.
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To hide a layer or layer set, click the eye icon next to the layer or layer set.
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To display the layer or layer set, click the empty eye column next to the layer or layer set.
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To display only the content of a particular layer or layer set, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac
OS) its eye
icon. Alt-click or Option-click the eye icon again to restore the original visibility settings of the other layers.
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To change the visibility of multiple items, drag through the eye column.
6 Set the Updating Link Options as desired:
Use Layer Visibility
Matches the layer visibility settings to those of the linked file when you update the link.
Keep Layer Visibility Overrides
Maintains the layer visibility settings as specified in the InDesign document.
7 Click OK.
Paste or drag graphics
When you copy and paste or drag a graphic into an InDesign document, some attributes of the original object may be
lost, depending on the limitations of the operating system and the range of data types the other application makes
available for transfer, and the InDesign Clipboard preferences. Pasting or dragging Illustrator graphics lets you select
and edit paths within the graphic.