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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="textsimpressguidelayersxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">About Layers</title> 31<filename>/text/simpress/guide/layers.xhp</filename> 32</topic> 33<history> 34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35<lastedited date="2005-08-09T11:22:02">FPE: Deleted screenshot.</lastedited> 36</history> 37</meta> 38<body> 39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149018"><bookmark_value>layers; definition</bookmark_value> 40</bookmark> 41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="9"><variable id="layers"><link href="text/simpress/guide/layers.xhp" name="About Layers">About Layers</link> 42</variable></paragraph> 43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="3">Layers are available in $[officename] Draw, not in $[officename] Impress. Layers allow you to assemble elements on a page that are related. Think of layers as individual workspaces that you can hide from view, hide from printing, or lock. </paragraph> 44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7036957" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Layers do not determine the stacking order of objects on your page, except for the <emph>Controls</emph> layer which is always in front of other layers. </paragraph> 45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1614734" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The stacking order of objects on your page is determined by the sequence in which you add the objects. You can rearrange the stacking order by <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item>. </paragraph> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id398876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The areas on a layer that do not contain objects are transparent.</paragraph> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146962" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="12">$[officename] Draw provides three default layers:</paragraph> 48<list type="unordered"> 49<listitem> 50<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153073" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Layout</paragraph> 51</listitem> 52<listitem> 53<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149053" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Controls</paragraph> 54</listitem> 55<listitem> 56<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150391" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Dimension Lines</paragraph> 57</listitem> 58</list> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156397" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">You cannot delete or rename the default layers. You can add your own layers by <item type="menuitem">Insert - Layer</item>.</paragraph> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150534" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">The <emph>Layout</emph> layer is the default workspace. The <emph>Layout</emph> layer determines the location of title, text, and object placeholders on your page.</paragraph> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150742" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">The <emph>Controls</emph> layer can be used for buttons that have been assigned an action, but that should not be printed. Set the layer's properties to not printable. Objects on the <emph>Controls</emph> layer are always in front of objects on other layers.</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153085" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">The <emph>Dimension Lines</emph> layer is where you draw, for example, the dimension lines. By switching the layer to show or hide, you can easily switch these lines on and off.</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3154507" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2">You can lock a layer to protect its contents, or hide a layer and its contents from view or from printing. When you add a new layer to a page, the layer is added to all of the pages in your document. However, when you add an object to a layer, it is only added to the current page. If you want the object to appear on all of the pages, add the object to the master page (<item type="menuitem">View - Master</item>).</paragraph> 64<section id="relatedtopics"> 65<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_new.xhp#layer_new"/> 66<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_move.xhp#layer_move"/> 67<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_tipps.xhp#layer_tipps"/> 68</section> 69</body> 70</helpdocument> 71