Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 86)

78 USING INDESIGN CS4
Layout
Select, move, and copy objects on layers
By default, you can select any object on any layer. In the Layers panel, dots mark layers that contain selected objects.
The layer’s selection color helps you identify an object’s layer. To prevent selecting objects on a specific layer, lock the
layer.
❖ Do any of the following:
• To select all objects on a specific layer, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you click a layer in the
Layers panel.
• To move or copy objects to another layer, use the Selection tool to select one or more objects on a document
page or master. In the Layers panel, drag the colored dot on the right side of the layer list to move the selected
objects to the other layer.
Moving an object to a new layer
To move selected objects to a hidden or locked layer, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you drag
the colored dot. To copy selected objects to another layer, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag
the colored dot on the right side of the layer list to the other layer. To copy selected objects to a hidden or locked layer, hold
down Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS) as you drag the colored dot.
Paste objects into different layers
The Paste Remembers Layers command affects how objects pasted from other locations interact with existing layers.
If the Paste Remembers Layers command is selected, objects cut or copied from different layers retain their layer
assignments when pasted to the new page or position. If you paste objects to a document that doesn’t have the same
layers as the document from which they were copied, InDesign adds the objects’ layer names to the Layers panel in the
second document, and pastes each object on its layer.
If the Paste Remembers Layers command is deselected, objects cut or copied from different layers are pasted together
on the target layer.
1 Make sure that Paste Remembers Layers is deselected in the Layers panel menu.
2 Select objects and choose Edit > Copy or Edit > Cut.
3 In the Layers panel, click the other layer to target it.
4 Choose Edit > Paste.
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Updated 18 June 2009