View layers, pages, and objects

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The views in the Objects docker let you display the components of your document in different ways. The view you choose depends on the complexity of your document and the task you are performing. For example, in a long multipage document, you can choose to view only pages so that you can navigate the document more easily and view only one page at a time. The Layers and Objects view lets you view and reorder all the layers that affect the selected page.

Available views: Pages, Layers, and Objects (left); Layers and Objects (right)

You can expand layers, pages, and groups, including any nested groups residing on them, with a single click.

You can also switch the view of a layer from a color viewing mode such as Normal or Enhanced to Wireframe. Useful for complex projects, this feature lets you control the viewing mode of each layer as opposed to the View Wireframe command that applies to all layers in a project. Also, you can change the color of the wireframe lines.

The Objects docker shows thumbnail previews of objects so that you can identify them more easily. You can increase and decrease the size of the object thumbnails.

To display pages, layers, and objects in the Objects docker

 

To	Do the following
Display all layers and objects for a page	Click the View Layers and Objects button . Choose a page from the Choose Page list box.
Display all layers and objects across all pages	Click the View Pages, Layers, and Objects button .
Display selected objects in the Objects docker	Click the Options button , and then click Expand to Show Selection.
Display master layers under each page in the Objects docker	Click the Options button , and then click Show Master Layers on Pages. This feature is useful for hiding the master layer content or changing the layer stacking order on a specific page. For more information about changing layer properties, see Change layer properties.

The name of the active layer and the type of the currently selected object appear on the status bar at the bottom of the application window. The names of the active page and layer also appear at the top of the Objects docker.

To expand fully layers, pages, and groups

To switch the view of a layer

This feature lets you control the viewing mode of each layer as opposed to the View Wireframe and other view commands that apply to all layers in a project.

You can also point to the right of the layer name and Ctrl+click the layer color icon.

To change the color of the wireframe lines

To change the size of object thumbnails