Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 87)

79 USING INDESIGN CS4
Layout
Duplicate a layer
When you duplicate a layer, you copy its contents and settings. The duplicate layer then appears above the original
layer in the Layers panel. Any duplicated frames that were threaded to other frames on the layer remain threaded.
Duplicated frames whose originals were threaded to frames on other layers are no longer threaded to those frames.
❖ In the Layers panel, do one of the following:
• Select the layer name and choose Duplicate Layer [layer name] in the Layers panel menu.
• Drag a layer name and drop it on the New Layer button.
Change the order of layers
Change the stacking order of layers in your document by rearranging the layers on the Layers panel. Rearranging layers
changes the order of layers on every page, not just on the target spread.
❖ In the Layers panel, drag a layer up or down in the list. You can also drag multiple selected layers.
Reordering layers
Show or hide layers
You can hide or display any layer at any time. Hidden layers can’t be edited, and don’t appear on screen or in print.
Hiding layers can be useful when you want to do any of the following:
• Hide parts of a document that are not meant to appear in the final document.
• Hide alternate versions of a document.
• Simplify the display of a document, to make it easier to edit other parts of the document.
• Prevent a layer from printing.
• Speed up screen redraw when a layer contains high-resolution graphics.
By default, text continues to wrap around objects on hidden layers. To ignore text wrap settings for hidden objects,
choose Layer Options from the Layers panel menu, and then select the Suppress Text Wrap When Layer Is Hidden
option.
❖ Do any of the following:
• To hide or show one layer at a time, in the Layers panel, click the square at the far left of a layer name to hide or
show the eye icon for that layer.
• To hide all layers except the selected layer, choose Hide Others in the Layers panel menu. Or, Alt-click (Windows)
or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer you want to remain visible.
• To show all layers, choose Show All Layers in the Layers panel menu. Or, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac
OS) a visible layer.
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Updated 18 June 2009