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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
To change the stacking order using the Layers palette
❖ Do any of the following:
• Drag the item’s name and release the mouse button when black insertion marks appear in the desired position.
Black insertion marks appear either between two other items in the palette or on the left and right edges of a layer
or group. Items that are released over a layer or group are moved above all other objects in the item.
• Clickinthe item’s selectioncolumn(betweenthe target button andthe scroll bar), dragthe selectioncolor boxto
a different item’s selection color box, and release the mouse button. If the item’s selection color box is dragged to
an object, the item is moved above the object; if it’s dragged to a layer or group, the item is moved above all other
objects in the layer or group.
• To reverse the order of items in the Layers palette, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click
thenames of theitems whoseorder youwanttoreverse.The itemsmustbeatthe same levelinthe layerhierarchy.
For example, you can select two top-level layers, but you cannot select two paths that are in different layers. Then
select Reverse Order from the Layers palette menu.
Note: You cannot move a path, group, or collective element to the top position in the Layers palette—only layers can
reside at the top of the layer hierarchy.
See also
“About the Layers palette” on page 278
To change the stacking order using commands
❖ Do any of the following:
• To move an object to the top or bottom position in its group or layer, select the object you want to move and choose
Object > Arrange > Bring To Front or Object > Arrange > Send To Back.
• To move an object by oneobjecttothe frontorone object to thebackofastack, select theobjectyou want to move,
and choose Object > Arrange > Bring Forward or Object > Arrange > Send Backward.
To paste an object relative to other objects
1 Select the object you want to paste.
2 Choose Edit > Copy or Edit > Cut.
3 Select the object in front or in back of which you want to paste.
4 Choose Edit > Paste In Front or Edit > Paste In Back.
If you paste more than one object, all pasted objects appear in front or in back of the selected artwork. However, the
relative painting order among the individual pasted objects remains the same.
About pasting objects between layers
The Paste Remembers Layers option determines where artwork is pasted in the layer hierarchy. By default, Paste
Remembers Layers is off, and artwork is pasted into whichever layer is active in the Layers palette. When Paste
RemembersLayersison, artworkispastedintothe layerfromwhich it wascopied, regardless of whichlayer is active
in the Layers palette.
You set this option by selecting Paste Remembers Layers from the Layers palette menu. A check mark displays when
the option is on.
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