I've started this post several times and know there are some old discussions regarding. Just curious if it's still a thing with long-time users. FWIW: I started with Ver 3 and currently using X6.
Layers. What's the deal? Ever since X4, when the whole structure and approach was changed, it's been a pain in the, uh, neck.
I thought "Master" meant master, as in this crazy concept: If I create a master layer, whatever I do with that MASTER layer will take place on all the pages of the file.
My example: I am working on a 12-page newsletter. I wanted to add a faux water-mark to all of the pages. So - with my brain still firmly in versions 3 thru 13 - I added a master layer and some faint yet bold text and created a PDF. No problem. Looks great.
I then decide I don't want to see the master layer with the water mark, so I hide it by clicking the little eyeball... I also turn off the printing. But when I went to the next page, it's still there! Anything I want to do for a global change can no longer be done by editing the master layer on one page. For a multi-page document, you have to change the layer attributes INDIVIDUALLY FOR EVERY SINGLE PAGE. Ugh.
This particular example here is only a couple of layers. I pity the poor fool who has some old files with many layers and many pages. I understand - maybe, sort of, oh, not really - that somebody might just want individual layer control on individual pages. (Back in ye olde days, we'd just call 'em "new files.")
Too bad you just can't click a button and revert to "retro" layer control where you can rearrange the layers on one page and it does it to all of the pages... at the same time. Wow.
I guess "Master" don't mean master any more.
Kim TheesenMolar ArtistLincoln, NE
Hi, Kim. Although the Layers structure has changed, it's not so different. You can hide/show the master layer on all pages, if you select the Master layer of the Master Page. Or you can select individually each page and hide/show the master layer only on the currently selected page. And you can drag the Master Layer to the top or the bottom of the Master Page in order to see at the top or bottom of all pages