Assign a layer color, Add objects to layers, Wild flowers for your gard from all over – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual

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USING INDESIGN CS4

Layout

Lock Layer

Select this option to prevent changes to any objects on the layer. Selecting this option is the same as making

the crossed-out pencil icon visible in the Layers panel.

Lock Guides

Select this option to prevent changes to all ruler guides on the layer.

Print Layer

Select this option to allow the layer to be prevented from printing. When printing or exporting to PDF,

you can determine whether to print hidden and nonprinting layers.

Suppress Text Wrap When Layer Is Hidden

Select this option if you want text on other layers to flow normally when

the layer is hidden and it contains objects with text wrap applied.

Assign a layer color

Assigning a color to a layer makes it easier to distinguish the layers of different selected objects. For each layer that
contains a selected object, the Layers panel displays a dot in the layer’s color. On

the page, each object displays the color

of its layer in its selection handles, bounding box, text ports, text wrap boundary (if used), frame edges (including the
X displayed by an empty graphics frame), and hidden characters. The layer color does not appear for a deselected frame
if its edges are hidden.

1 In the Layers panel, double-click a layer or select a layer and choose Layer Options for [layer name].

2 For Color, choose a color or choose Custom to specify a color in the system color picker.

Add objects to layers

Any new object is placed on the target layer, the layer currently displaying the pen icon in the Layers panel. Targeting
a layer also selects it. If multiple layers are selected, targeting one of them doesn’t change the selection, but targeting a
layer outside the selection deselects the other layers.

You can add objects to the target layer by any of the following methods:

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Creating new objects with the Type tool or drawing tools.

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Importing, placing, or pasting text or graphics.

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Selecting objects on other layers, and then moving them to the new layer.

You cannot draw or place a new object on a hidden or locked layer. When you select a drawing tool or the Type
tool, or place a file when the target layer is hidden or locked, the pointer changes to the crossed-out-pencil icon
when it is positioned over the document window. Either show or unlock the target layer, or target a visible,
unlocked layer. If you choose Edit > Paste when the target layer is hidden or locked, an alert message gives you the
choice of showing or unlocking the target layer.

When you click a layer in the Layers panel to target it, the pen icon appears on the layer you clicked, and the layer also
highlights to indicate that it is targeted.

Changing the target layer for the next new object

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Updated 18 June 2009