Jul. 1, 2008
Just because you think you can’t doesn’t mean there’s not a solution
When you’re moving objects from one layer to another you have a few options that you might like to try. If you have locked and hidden layers and you want to move an object to one of these locked or hidden layers, you don’t need to unlock the locked layer or reveal the hidden layer. Simply drag the object from its existing layer to the desired locked or hidden layer holding down “Command” on Mac or “Control” on PC. Now your object is on its correct layer despite the fact the layer was locked or hidden, and you didn’t need to take the extra step of unlocking the locked layer or revealing the hidden layer.
If you are wanting to duplicate an object from one layer to another, you select the object on the original layer, hold “Option” on Mac or “Alt” on PC, then drag the object from the current layer to the layer you’re wanting to copy the objects to. If you’re trying to duplicate the objects to a locked or hidden layer you will need to add the same “Command” key into the mix as previous, so to duplicate objects to a locked or hidden layer the shortcuts are “Command + Option” on Mac or “Control + Alt” on PC.
Now if you have many layers and want to view the contents of a particular layer and hide the others while you do so, you don’t need to manually turn layers on and off. You hold “Option” on Mac or “Alt” on PC and the click on the eyeball of the layer your wanting to view, now all other layers are hidden. To bring them back “Option” on Mac or “Alt” on PC and click the same eyeball once more.
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Posted by Neil Oliver in Layers | No Comments
Jun. 27, 2008
Did you know you can copy and paste objects and maintain the layer structure?
If you’re in the habit of pasting objects to different documents then adding new layers, then renaming those layers and then moving the objects to their correct layers to replicate the layer structure in the previous document (sounds like a lot of hard work), this tip is for you.
If you go to the layers panel drop down menu (top right) you will see the option “Paste Remembers Layers” (see image below).
Once you choose this option, you have the ability to copy any page elements from different layers in the current document to a new or existing document. When you paste the page elements on the page, the exact same layer structure appears with each object on its correct layer, as it appeared in the previous document. What a time saver!
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