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Layer Set Techniques

After you create a layer set, you want to add layers to it. Also, as your project goes along, you may find that you need to change color coding, remove layers from the set, or even copy the entire layer set. The following is a list of techniques that you can use to manage your layer set:

Add a layer to a layer set: Drag the layer over the layer set’s name.

Remove a layer from a layer set: Drag the layer outside the layer set.

Rename a layer set: Double-click the layer set’s name, type a new name in the text box, and then press Enter/Return.

Color code an existing layer set: Select the layer set and then choose Layer Set Properties from the Layers palette menu. Use the Color drop-down list to select a color.

Copy an entire layer set: (This includes the layers contained within the layer set.) Drag the layer set over the Create New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette.

Nest an existing layer set: (This includes the layers contained within the layer set inside a new layer set.) Drag the layer set over the Create New Set button at the bottom of the Layers palette.

Delete a layer set: Select the layer set and then click the trashcan icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. The dialog box shown in Figure 15-7 appears. You can choose to delete the layer set and all the layers contained in the layer set, or delete only the layer set and leave the layers intact. (To delete a layer set and all the layers contained in the layer set and bypass the dialog box shown in Figure 15-7, drag the layer set on top of the trashcan icon.)

Figure 15-7: Use the dialog box to select how you want to delete a layer set.