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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
• To flatten layers, click the name of the layer into which you want to consolidate the artwork. Then select Flatten
Artwork from the Layers palette menu.
See also
“About the Layers palette” on page 278
To locate an item in the Layers palette
When you select an item in your document window, you can quickly locate the corresponding item in the Layers
paletteusing theLocateObjectcommand.Thiscommand is especially helpfulfor locating itemsincollapsed layers.
1 Select an object in the document window. If you select more than one object, the frontmost object in the stacking
order will be located.
2 Choose Locate Object from theLayerspalette menu.Thiscommand changestoLocateLayer if theShowLayers
Only palette option is selected.
See also
“About the Layers palette” on page 278
Stacking objects
About the stacking order
Illustrator stacks successively drawn objects, beginning with the first object drawn. How objects are stacked deter-
mines how they display when they overlap. You can change the stacking order (also called the painting order) of
objects in your artwork at any time using either the Layers palette or Object > Arrange commands.
The stacking order of objects corresponds to the hierarchy of items in the Layers palette. Artwork at the top of the
Layers paletteisatthe frontofthe stacking order, whileartwork at thebottomofthe Layers paletteisatthe back of
the stacking order. Within a layer, objects are also stacked hierarchically. By creating multiple layers in your artwork,
you can control how overlapping objects are displayed.
To specify where to add new objects in the stacking order
❖ In the Layers palette, do either of the following:
• Click the name of the object above which you want to add the new object.
• To add the new object to the top of a layer or group, click the layer or group name.
Alt+Ctrl-click (Windows) or Option+Command-click (Mac OS) anywhere in the layer list, and type the name or
number of the layer you want to select. (For example, you can type 30 to go to layer 30.)
See also
“About the Layers palette” on page 278
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