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34 <helpdocument version=
"1.0">
36 <topic id=
"textsimpressguidelayersxml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">About Layers
</title>
38 <filename>/text/simpress/guide/layers.xhp
</filename>
41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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42 <lastedited date=
"2005-08-09T11:22:02">FPE: Deleted screenshot.
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46 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3149018"><bookmark_value>layers; definition
</bookmark_value>
48 <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>
49 </variable></paragraph>
50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3146313" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"3">Layers are available in $[officename] Draw, not in $[officename] Impress. Layers allow you to assemble elements on a page that are related. Think of layers as individual workspaces that you can hide from view, hide from printing, or lock.
</paragraph>
51 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id7036957" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">Layers do not determine the stacking order of objects on your page, except for the
<emph>Controls
</emph> layer which is always in front of other layers.
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id1614734" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">The stacking order of objects on your page is determined by the sequence in which you add the objects. You can rearrange the stacking order by
<item type=
"menuitem">Modify - Arrange
</item>.
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id398876" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">The areas on a layer that do not contain objects are transparent.
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3146962" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"12">$[officename] Draw provides three default layers:
</paragraph>
55 <list type=
"unordered">
57 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3153073" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">Layout
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3149053" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"14">Controls
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3150391" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"15">Dimension Lines
</paragraph>
66 <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>
67 <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>
68 <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>
69 <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>
70 <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>
71 <section id=
"relatedtopics">
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