Layer Name

Shows the name of the currently selected layer, if you have named the layer.

Accept Entry

Accepts the name you enter in the Name box to the left.

Current Layer

Shows the number and name of the currently selected layer. Unless you click the Edit All Layers option, this is the only layer in which you can select and edit objects.

Layer

Shows the numbers and names of all layers in the document. The current layer is shown in red.

Clicking a layer in this list only selects that layer for moving, hiding, locking, renaming, and so forth. It does not make that layer the current layer.

Move Objects

Lets you move currently selected objects to a specific layer. Select the objects you want to move, click this button, and then select the destination layer in the Current Layer list. The items are moved to the selected layer.

Edit All Layers

Lets you edit all objects, regardless of which layer they belong to.

Add

Adds a new layer behind all other layers in the document.

Delete

Deletes the layer highlighted in the list on the left. When you delete a layer, all objects in that layer are also deleted. You cannot delete the currently selected layer (the layer selected in the Current Layer box).

Forward

Moves the layer highlighted in the list on the left forward.

Backward

Moves the layer highlighted in the list on the left backward.

Lock

Locks the layer highlighted in the list on the left. You cannot select or edit objects in a locked layer, even by making it the current layer or clicking the Edit All Layers option.

Unlock

Unlocks the layer highlighted in the list on the left. Before you can select or edit objects in the layer, you must either make it the current layer (in the Current Layer box) or select the Edit All Layers option.

Hide

Hides all objects in the layer highlighted in the list on the left.

Show

Shows all objects in the layer highlighted in the list on the left. Useful if you have previously hidden that layer.

Non Printable

Marks all objects in the layer highlighted in the list on the left as non-printable.

Printable

Marks all objects in the layer highlighted in the list on the left as printable. Useful if you have previously marked the layer as non-printable.

Single Color

Shows all objects in the layer highlighted in the list on the left using one color. You select the color from a drop-down color palette connected to the Layer Color button.

Multi Color

Shows all objects in the layer highlighted in the list on the left using their normal colors. Useful if you have previously marked the layer as a single-color layer.

Layer Color

Displays a drop-down color palette. Use the palette to select a color for a single-color layer.