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USING INDESIGN CS4

Graphics

To display the layer or layer set, click the empty eye column next to the layer or layer set.

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.

To change the visibility of multiple items, drag through the eye column.

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:

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.

To import into an existing, unselected frame, click the loaded graphics icon

anywhere in that frame.

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:

To open or close a layer set, click the triangle to the left of the folder icon.

To hide a layer or layer set, click the eye icon next to the layer or layer set.

To display the layer or layer set, click the empty eye column next to the layer or layer set.

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.

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.

Updated 18 June 2009