1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!--*********************************************************** 5 * 6 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8 * distributed with this work for additional information 9 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13 * 14 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15 * 16 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21 * under the License. 22 * 23 ***********************************************************--> 24 25 26 27<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28<meta> 29<topic id="textsimpressguidelayer_tippsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working With Layers</title> 31<filename>/text/simpress/guide/layer_tipps.xhp</filename> 32</topic> 33<history> 34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35<lastedited date="2004-10-22T13:01:51">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 36</history> 37</meta> 38<body> 39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154013"><bookmark_value>layers;working with</bookmark_value> 40<bookmark_value>locking layers</bookmark_value> 41<bookmark_value>hiding;layers</bookmark_value> 42<bookmark_value>unlocking layers</bookmark_value> 43<bookmark_value>showing;hidden layers</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>selecting;layers</bookmark_value> 45</bookmark> 46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154013" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="14"><variable id="layer_tipps"><link href="text/simpress/guide/layer_tipps.xhp" name="Working With Layers">Working With Layers</link> 47</variable></paragraph> 48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10706" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Drawings in %PRODUCTNAME Draw support layers.</paragraph> 49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154018" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="18">Selecting a layer</paragraph> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154484" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="15">To select a layer, click the name tab of the layer at the bottom of the workspace.</paragraph> 51<paragraph role="tip" id="par_idN10767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To edit the properties of a layer, double-click a layer tab.</paragraph> 52<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155445" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Hiding layers</paragraph> 53<list type="ordered"> 54<listitem> 55<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">Select a layer, and then choose <emph>Format - Layer</emph>.</paragraph> 56</listitem> 57<listitem> 58<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">In the <emph>Properties </emph>area, clear the <emph>Visible </emph>check box.</paragraph> 59</listitem> 60<listitem> 61<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153912" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 62</listitem> 63</list> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">In the name tab of the layer, the text color of the name changes to blue.</paragraph> 65<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3156396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">You can make a layer visible or invisible by clicking on its tab while holding down the Shift key.</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146322" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="26">Showing hidden layers</paragraph> 67<list type="ordered"> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="27">Select a hidden layer, and then choose <emph>Format - Layer</emph>.</paragraph> 70</listitem> 71<listitem> 72<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149352" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">In the <emph>Properties </emph>area, select the <emph>Visible </emph>check box.</paragraph> 73</listitem> 74<listitem> 75<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153036" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 76</listitem> 77</list> 78<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154554" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="20">Locking layers</paragraph> 79<list type="ordered"> 80<listitem> 81<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">Select a layer, and then choose <emph>Format - Layer</emph>.</paragraph> 82</listitem> 83<listitem> 84<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">In the <emph>Properties</emph> area, select the <emph>Locked </emph>check box.</paragraph> 85</listitem> 86<listitem> 87<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 88</listitem> 89</list> 90<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149883" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">You cannot edit objects on a locked layer.</paragraph> 91<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145244" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="33">Unlocking layers</paragraph> 92<list type="ordered"> 93<listitem> 94<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145354" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="34">Select a locked layer, and then choose <emph>Format - Layer</emph>.</paragraph> 95</listitem> 96<listitem> 97<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148393" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">In the <emph>Properties</emph> area, clear the <emph>Locked </emph>check box.</paragraph> 98</listitem> 99<listitem> 100<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150467" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 101</listitem> 102</list> 103<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 104<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layers.xhp#layers"/> 105<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_new.xhp#layer_new"/> 106<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_move.xhp#layer_move"/> 107</body> 108</helpdocument> 109