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If not, see 26*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************--> 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsimpressguidelayersxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">About Layers</title> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/simpress/guide/layers.xhp</filename> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir<history> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2005-08-09T11:22:02">FPE: Deleted screenshot.</lastedited> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir</history> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149018"><bookmark_value>layers; definition</bookmark_value> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="3">Layers are available in $[officename] Draw, not in $[officename] Impress. Layers allow you to assemble elements on a page that are related. Think of layers as individual workspaces that you can hide from view, hide from printing, or lock. </paragraph> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7036957" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Layers do not determine the stacking order of objects on your page, except for the <emph>Controls</emph> layer which is always in front of other layers. </paragraph> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1614734" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The stacking order of objects on your page is determined by the sequence in which you add the objects. You can rearrange the stacking order by <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item>. </paragraph> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id398876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The areas on a layer that do not contain objects are transparent.</paragraph> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146962" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="12">$[officename] Draw provides three default layers:</paragraph> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153073" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Layout</paragraph> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149053" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Controls</paragraph> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150391" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Dimension Lines</paragraph> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_new.xhp#layer_new"/> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_move.xhp#layer_move"/> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/layer_tipps.xhp#layer_tipps"/> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 75