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Mallory Hays September 25, 2009

Lab Topic #4

Layers: Duplicating, Deleting, Locking, Hiding, and Showing

Duplicating:

Highlight the layer you would like to duplicate, go to the options button on the layer pallet, and choose duplicate layer. OR you can also highlight the layer you wish to duplicate, click, hold, and drag it into the “add a layer” option on the bottom of the layers pallet. It is located next to the trash bin.

Deleting:

Highlight the layers you would like to delete. (If more than one, hold down the command button while clicking the layers you wish to delete). Go to the options button and click “delete selection” OR you can click the trash bin at the bottom of the pallet for quicker results.

Locking:

On the layers pallet, click the little empty box on the left side of the layer. A padlock should appear. If so, then it is locked. OR you can also lock more than one layer by clicking the little empty box of each layer you want to lock. You can also click and drag on each box to lock them.

Also, in the Object menu on your menu bar above, there are a few different ways to lock. You can choose a layer on your artboard, go to Object, click Lock, and choose selection. That will lock the layer you selected on your artboard. You can also do the same, except instead of clicking on Selection, click All Artwork Above. This will lock all of the layers above the layer you selected. Lastly, you can do the same except instead of clicking All Artwork Above, you select Other Layers. This will lock all of the other layers you do not have selected.

Hiding/Showing:

Hiding and showing is similar to locking layers. Beside the empty lock boxes on your layers pallet, there are little eye icons. By clicking, that layer will disappear until you select the box to make them reappear. You can also click and drag over the little eye icons to hide or show more than one layer. You can also go to options on the pallet and you can either “hide all other layers.” Or, on the options bar, you can show all other layers.

Layers Handout