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diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/sdraw/guide/layers.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/sdraw/guide/layers.xhp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..87a36de2a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/sdraw/guide/layers.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: + * + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed + * with this work for additional information regarding copyright + * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache + * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file + * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + --> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> +<meta> +<topic id="textsimpressguidelayersxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> +<title id="tit">About Layers</title> +<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/layers.xhp</filename> +</topic> +<history> +<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> +</history> +</meta> +<body> +<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3149018"><bookmark_value>layers; definition</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<h1 id="hd_id3149018"><variable id="layers"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/layers.xhp">About Layers</link> +</variable></h1> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146313">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> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7036957">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> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1614734">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">Shape - Arrange</item>. </paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id398876">The areas on a layer that do not contain objects are transparent.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146962">$[officename] Draw provides three default layers:</paragraph> +<list type="unordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153073">Layout</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149053">Controls</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150391">Dimension Lines</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156397">You cannot delete or rename the default layers. You can add your own layers by <item type="menuitem">Insert - Layer</item>.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150534">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> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150742">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> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153085">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> +<tip id="par_id3154507">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 (<menuitem>View - Master</menuitem>).</tip> +<section id="relatedtopics"> +<embed href="text/sdraw/01/insert_layer.xhp#h1"/> +<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/layer_move.xhp#layer_move"/> +<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/layer_tipps.xhp#layer_tipps"/> +</section> +</body> +</helpdocument> |