Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 84)

76 USING INDESIGN CS4
Layout
The Layers panel lists layers with the frontmost layer appearing at the top of the panel.
For a video tutorial on using layers, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0074 .
Create layers
You can add layers at any time using the New Layer command on the Layers panel menu or the New Layer button at
the bottom of the Layers panel. The number of layers a document can have is limited only by the RAM available to
InDesign.
See also
“ Show or hide frame edges ” on page 82
Create layers
1 Choose Window > Layers.
2 To create a new layer using default settings, do one of the following:
• To create a new layer at the top of the Layers panel list, click the New Layer button.
• To create a new layer above the selected layer, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you click the
New Layer button.
• To create a new layer below the selected layer, hold down Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS) as
you click the New Layer button.
Specify layer options
1 Choose New Layer in the Layers panel menu, or double-click an existing layer.
2 Specify the layer options, and then click OK.
Color Assign a color to identify the objects on that layer.
Show Layer Select this option to make a layer visible. Selecting this option is the same as making the eye icon visible
in the Layers panel.
Show Guides Select this option to make the guides on the layer visible. When this option is not selected for a layer, the
guides cannot be made visible, even by selecting View > Show Guides for the document.
Updated 18 June 2009