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CHAPTER 9
Using Layers, Symbols, and Styles
To work more efficiently in Macromedia FreeHand MX, you can use layers, symbols, and styles
to organize your illustrations, automate your work, and make consistent changes.
Layers help you organize your illustrations, and styles help you maintain visual consistency and
simplify formatting.
Symbols streamline the use of repetitive elements and minimize the size of files in which you
use them.
Using layers
Layers separate objects in an illustration to make them easier to work with. Layers divide an
illustration into discrete planes; this is similar to drawing an illustration’s components on separate
tracing paper overlays. By default, a new document contains three layers: Foreground, Guides,
and Background. Importing and drawing occur on the active layer, which is initially the
Foreground layer. When a new layer is added, it initially becomes the default drawing layer; any
content you create or import appears on that layer until you move the content.
The Layers panel is divided by a horizontal separator bar. Layers above the separator bar—
generically called foreground layers—are printable. Those below the separator bar—background
layers—do not print.
The Guides layer contains guide lines dragged from the ruler or entered manually in the Guides
Editor, as well as paths that have been converted to guides.
The Background layer appears by default below the separator bar, so it does not print. You can
move other layers below the separator bar too, to make additional background layers. Objects on
any background layer are dimmed onscreen. If you move a background layer above the separator
bar, objects on it become fully visible onscreen and will appear when the document is printed.
Every object in an illustration resides on a layer; each layer can have multiple objects. You can edit
only those objects on visible, unlocked layers.