Re: [artworks] Copying layers

  • From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:28:52 +0100

In message <50342b803ekell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Kell Gatherer <kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there a quick way of copying layers between documents?

> I find the need to create multi-page PDFs, and have created quite
> complicated artworks files with maybe twenty layers or more.

> In order to copy a page into a multi-page document, I find myself
> selecting "multi-layer", select all, then copying and pasting into the new
> document, thereby losing all the layers: which makes it a real bind to
> then edit further.

> It would be great to be able to copy an entire page, layers and all,
> between documents: if it's not possible, can this be added as a feature
> request? Or maybe there's a way of doing it that I've missed.

No, there is no easy way. You need to copy each layer on its own. 
Sooner or later there will be some way of copying a complete page 
easily.

> Come to think of it, is this what master pages are for? Is there a master
> page tutorial anywhere?

There are no master pages in ArtWorks. There are master layers. Master 
layers are shown on all (left/right/left+right) pages in a multi-page 
document.

Martin
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