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You determine a layer’s selection color by select-ing the layer, clickselect-ing the Layers palette list arrow, clicking Layer Options for the name of the selected layer, then choosing a

objects on the other layers In other words,

an object at the back of the stacking order

of the top layer is still in front of any object

on any layer beneath it

One great organizational aspect of layers is

that you can assign a selection color to a layer

When you select an object, its bounding box

appears in the selection color of the layer that

it is placed on, as shown in Figure 29 You

determine a layer’s selection color by

select-ing the layer, clickselect-ing the Layers palette list

arrow, clicking Layer Options for the name of

the selected layer, then choosing a new color

from the Color menu When you are working

with a layout that contains numerous objects,

this feature is a great visual aid for keeping

track of objects and their relationships to

other objects

Manipulating Layers and Objects on Layers

Once you have created layers in a docu-ment, you have many options for manipu-lating objects on the layers and the layers themselves You can move objects between layers, and you can reorder the layers in the Layers palette

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You can merge the contents of two or more layers by select-ing the layers in the Layers palette, clickselect-ing the Layers palette list arrow, then clicking Merge Layers The first layer that you click upon selecting the layers to be merged becomes the resulting merged layer Flattening a document refers to

merging all of the layers in the Layers palette

Clicking a layer in the Layers palette to select it is called targeting a layer The layer that you click is called the target layer When you create a new object, the object will be added to whichever layer is targeted in the Layers palette The pen tool icon next to a layer’s name in the Layers palette is called the Indicates current drawing layer icon This icon will help remind you that anything placed or drawn will become part of that layer

You can select any object on the page, regardless of which layer is targeted When you select the object, the layer that the object is on is automatically targeted in the Layers palette Thus, by clicking an object, you know which layer it is on

FIGURE 29

Assigning a selection color to a layer

The bounding box of the selected rectangle is the same color as the selection color applied to Layer 2

When an object is selected, a small button

appears to the right of the name of the

layer, as shown in Figure 30 That small

button, identified as the Indicates

selected items button, represents the

selected object (or objects) You can click

and drag the Indicates selected items

but-ton and move it to another layer When you

do so, the selected object(s) moves to that

layer Therefore, you should never feel

con-strained by which layer you choose for an

object; it’s easy to move objects from one

layer to another

You can also change the order of layers in

the Layers palette by dragging a layer up or

down in the palette As you drag, a heavy

black line indicates the new position for

the layer when you release the mouse button In Figure 31, the Graphics Elements layer is being repositioned under the Text Elements layer

Selecting Artwork on Layers

Let’s say you have three layers in your doc-ument, each with six objects That means your document has a total of 18 objects If you apply the Select All command on the Edit menu, all 18 objects will be selected, regardless of which layer is targeted in the Layers palette

If you want to select only the objects on a single layer, you must use a keyboard shortcut Press and hold [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac), and then click the layer in

the Layers palette Pressing and holding [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) when clicking

a layer selects all the objects on that layer

Selecting Objects Behind Other Objects

When you have multiple overlapping objects on a page, objects behind other objects can sometimes be difficult to select Pressing and holding [Ctrl] (Win) or (Mac) allows you to "click through the stacking order" to select objects behind other objects Simply click the top object, press and hold [Ctrl] (Win) (Mac), then click the top object again, which will select the object immediately behind it Click the top object again and the next object down

in the stacking order will be selected

FIGURE 30

Viewing the Indicates selected items button

FIGURE 31

Changing the order of two layers in the Layers palette

Indicates selected items button

Graphics Elements layer being repositioned under the Text Elements layer

Use the Arrange commands

to change the stacking order

of objects

1 Open ID 4-3.indd, then save it as Stack and Layer.

2 Press [V] to access the Selection Tool, then

click the yellow rectangle.

3 Click Object on the menu bar, point to

Arrange, then click Bring Forward.

The yellow rectangle moves forward one

level in the stacking order.

4 Click the red square, click Object on the menu

bar, point to Arrange, then click Bring to Front.

5. Select both the yellow rectangle and the blue

circle, click Object on the menu bar, point to

Arrange, then click Bring to Front.

Both objects move in front of the red square,

as shown in Figure 32.

6 Click the green circle, click Object on the menu

bar, point to Arrange, then click Bring to Front.

7 Select all, then click the Align horizontal

centers button in the Align palette.

8 Click the document window to deselect all, click

the green circle, click Object on the menu bar,

point to Arrange, then click Send Backward.

As shown in Figure 33, the green circle

moves backward one level in the stacking

order, behind the blue circle.

9 Deselect all, select the blue circle, press and hold

[Ctrl] (win) or (Mac), then click the blue

cir-cle again to select the green circir-cle behind it.

10 Still pressing and holding [Ctrl] (Win) or

(Mac), click the blue circle again to select the

yel-low rectangle, then click the blue circle once

more to select the red square.

(continued)

FIGURE 32

Using the Bring to Front command with two objects selected

FIGURE 33

Sending the green circle backward one level in the stacking order

TIP Commit this technique to memory, as it is very useful for selecting overlapping objects

You used the Arrange commands to manipulate the stacking order of four objects.

Create new layers in the Layers palette

1 Deselect all, click Window on the menu bar, then click Layers.

As shown in Figure 34, the Layers palette has one default layer named Layer 1. TIP The default location for the Layers palette is to the right of the document win-dow with the Layers, Pages, and Info tabs vertically aligned on the left of the palette.

2 Double-click Layer 1 in the Layers palette.

The Layer Options dialog box opens, which allows you to change settings for Layer 1, such as its name and selection color.

3 Type Background in the Name text box, then click OK.

4 Click the Create new layer button in the

Layers palette, then double-click Layer 2.

5 Type Circles in the Name text box, click the Color list arrow, click Orange, then click OK.

6 Click the Layers palette list arrow, then click New Layer.

7 Type Rectangles in the Name text box, click the Color list arrow, click Purple, then click OK.

Your Layers palette should resemble Figure 35.

You renamed Layer 1, then created two new layers

in the Layers palette.

FIGURE 34

Layers palette with Layer 1

FIGURE 35

Layers palette with three layers

Toggles lock button

Toggles visibility button

Indicates current drawing layer icon (Targeted layer)

Create new layer button

Two new layers

Default Layer 1 is renamed Background

Position objects on layers

1 Press [V] to access the Selection Tool (if

necessary), then click the green circle.

As shown in Figure 36, the Background layer

on the Layers palette is highlighted and the

Indicates selected items button appears next to

the Indicates current drawing layer icon.

2 Click and drag the Indicates selected items

button up to the Circles layer.

The green circle is moved to the Circles

layer The frame around the circle now

appears orange, the selection color assigned

to the Circles layer.

3. Select both the red square and the yellow

rectangle, then drag the Indicates selected

items button from the Background layer

up to the Rectangles layer.

4 Click the Toggles visibility button on

the Rectangles layer to hide that layer, then

click on the Circles layer to hide

that layer

5 Click the blue circle, then drag the Indicates

selected items button from the

Background layer up to the Circles layer.

As shown in Figure 37, you cannot move

the circle to the Circles layer because it

is hidden

6 Press and hold [Ctrl] (Win) or (Mac),

then drag the Indicates selected items

button from the Background layer up to

the Circles layer.

The blue circle disappears because it is

moved to the Circles layer, which is hidden

(continued)

FIGURE 36

Identifying the Background layer as the targeted layer

FIGURE 37

Trying to move an object onto a hidden layer

Layer not visible

The selected object cannot be placed

on a layer that is hidden

Indicates current drawing layer icon

Indicates selected items button

TIP Pressing and holding [Ctrl] (Win) or (Mac) while you drag the Indicates selected items button allows you to place an object on a hidden or locked layer

7 Click the Background layer, if necessary, click the Rectangle Tool , then draw a rectan-gle that is exactly the same size as the page Because the Background layer was targeted

in the Layers palette, the new object is posi-tioned on the Background layer.

8 Click the Fill button in the Toolbox, click Light Blue in the Swatches palette, then

remove any stroke if necessary

9 Click View on the menu bar, then click Fit Page in Window.

10.Open ID 4-4.indd, select all the objects on the

page, click Edit on the menu bar, click Copy,

then close ID 4-4.indd.

11.Verify that the Background layer is still

tar-geted in the Layers palette, click Edit on the menu bar, then click Paste.

The objects are pasted onto the Background layer.

12 Click the Toggles visibility button on the Circles layer so that your Layers palette and page resemble Figure 38.

You used the Layers palette to move selected objects from one layer to another You targeted a layer, and then created a new object, which was added to that layer You then pasted objects into a targeted layer.

FIGURE 38

Viewing a layered document

Circles pasted on Background layer

Change the order of layers in

the Layers palette

1 Deselect all, click the Rectangles layer, then

click the Toggles visibility button in its

off state in order to make the layer visible

2. Using Figure 39 as an example, drag the

Rectangles layer down until you see a

heavy black line below the Circles layer, then

release the mouse button.

As shown in Figure 40, because the

Rectangles layer is now below the Circles layer,

all the objects on the Rectangles layer are now

beneath the objects on the Circles layer.

3 Click the Selection Tool if necessary,

then click any of the light blue circles.

The light blue circles are grouped, so when

you click one, you select them all.

4 Click and drag the Indicates selected items

button from the Background layer up to

the Circles layer.

Because it is the newest object on the

Circles layer, the blue circles group is at the

top of the stacking order on that layer.

5 Click Object on the menu bar, point to

Arrange, then click Send to Back.

As shown in Figure 41, the blue circles

group is sent to the back of the stacking

order on the Circles layer However, it is in

front of the two rectangles, because their

layer is beneath the Circles layer

(continued)

FIGURE 39

Changing the order of layers

FIGURE 40

Viewing the document after reordering layers

6 Click and drag the Rectangles layer down to

the Create new layer button in the Layers palette.

A duplicate layer named Rectangles copy is created above the original Rectangles layer.

7 Press and hold [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac), then click the Rectangles copy layer.

TIP Press and hold [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) when clicking a layer in the Layers palette to select all the objects on the layer.

8 Click the center reference point on the proxy in the Transform palette, type 90 in

the Rotation Angle text box in the

Transform palette, then press [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac).

9 Deselect all, press [W] to switch to Preview, press [V] to access the Selection Tool, click the red square, click Object on the menu bar, point to Arrange, click Bring to Front,

then deselect all so that your page resem-bles Figure 42.

10.Save your work, then close Stack and Layer.

You changed the order of layers, noting the effect

on the objects on the page You also changed the stacking order of objects within layers You dupli-cated a layer, and you learned a keyboard shortcut for selecting all the objects on a single layer.

FIGURE 41

Sending the circles to the back of the Circles layer

FIGURE 42

Viewing the finished document

L E S S O N 3

What You’ll Do Placing Graphics in a

Document

The term graphic is pretty broad In its most basic definition, a graphic is an ele-ment on the page that is not text A simple square with a fill could be called a graphic

However, when you are talking about plac-ing graphics in an InDesign document, the term graphic usually is referring to bitmap images or vector graphics Bitmap images are images that consist of pixels created in a program, such as Adobe Photoshop They can also be digital pho-tos Anything that has been scanned is a bitmap image Vector graphics are usually illustrations created in and imported from drawing programs like Adobe Illustrator

There are two essential methods for plac-ing a graphic in a document You can cre-ate a graphic placeholder frame using any

of the three shape frame tools, shown in Figure 43 Once you have created the frame and it is selected on the page, you use the Place command on the File menu

to select the graphic you want to import into the document The graphic will appear in the selected graphics frame

You can also place a graphic without first creating a graphics frame If you click the Place command and then select the graphic you want to import, you will see the loaded graphics icon when you float the pointer over the page Click the loaded graphics icon on the page to place the graphic The graphic will be placed on the page in a graphics frame whose top-left corner will be positioned at the location where you clicked the loaded graphics icon

Which is the better method? It depends on what you want to do with the graphic If the size and location of the graphics frame

is important, it’s probably better to create and position the frame first, then import the graphic and make it fit into the frame

If the size and location of the frame are negotiable, you might want to place the graphic anywhere in the layout and then modify its size and location

In this lesson, you will create graphics

frames, resize them, and manipulate

graphics that you import into them.

WORK WITH

GRAPHICS FRAMES

Understanding the Difference

Between the Graphics Frame

and the Graphic

It is important that you understand that the

graphics frame contains the graphic Think

of the graphics frame as a window through

which you see the placed graphic This

understanding is important in cases where

the graphics frame is smaller than the

graphic that it contains In this case, you

can see only the areas of the graphic that

can fit in the frame The other areas of the

graphic are still there, you just can’t see

them because they are outside of the frame

Understanding the Difference Between the Selection Tool and the Direct Selection Tool

The discussion above is a clear signal that you must differentiate the graphics frame from the graphic itself This differentiation

is reflected in the Toolbox by the Selection Tool and the Direct Selection Tool

Specifically, the Selection Tool addresses the graphics frame while the Direct

Selection Tool addresses the contents of the

frame Anything you want to do to the frame, you do with the Selection Tool selected Anything you want to do to the contents—to the graphic itself—you do

with the Direct Selection Tool selected This concept is the key to manipulating graphics within a graphics frame

Figure 44 shows a selected graphics frame which contains a placed graphic Note that the frame was selected with the Selection Tool The Transform palette shows the X and Y locations of the frame and the width and height of the frame

Figure 45 shows the same object, but this time it has been selected with the Direct Selection Tool, which is selected in the Toolbox Note that the information in the Transform palette now refers to the graphic

FIGURE 43

Three shape tools for creating graphics frames

Graphics frame tools

FIGURE 44

Selecting a graphics frame with the Selection Tool

Graphics frame

is selected

Transform palette values refer to selected graphics frame Selection Tool