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Stacking objects
As you create or import objects, they are stacked on a page in the order in which they are
created. Each successive new object appears in front of all existing objects. The stacking
order determines which object is on top when you overlap two objects. You can change
the stacking order of objects at any time using the commands in the Object > Arrange
menu.
Restacking objects using the Object > Arrange menu commands is not the same as using
the Layers palette. A separate stack of objects exists within each named layer, and the
Object > Arrange menu commands control stacking only within each named layer. To send
an object further forward or backward than the front or back of its named layer, see
"Selecting, moving, and copying objects on layers" on page
named layers, your document contains just one stack of objects on the single default layer.
Objects on masters exist at the back of each named layer.
Note: Grouping objects may change objects' stacking order in relation to objects not
being grouped. (See "Grouping and ungrouping objects" on page
To select an object in front of or behind a selected object:
1 Using the selection tool , do one of the following:
To select the next object behind a selected object, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command
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(Mac OS) as you click an object on a stack within a single layer.
To select the next object in front of a selected object, press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or
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Command+Option (Mac OS) as you click an object on a stack within a single layer.
2 If the selected object is not the one you want, continue pressing the appropriate keys
and click repeatedly until the object you want is selected.
Note: This procedure requires selecting the selection tool in the toolbox; it won't work if
you temporarily activate the selection tool by pressing the Ctrl (Windows) or Command
(Mac OS) key.
To select an object under the current tool's position:
1 Position any tool over the object you want to select, even if it is partially covered by
other objects.
2 Without clicking a mouse button, do one of the following:
To progressively select back through objects under the pointer, press Ctrl+Alt+[
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(Windows) or Command+Option+[ (Mac OS) repeatedly until the object you want is
selected. When the object furthest back is selected, the selection will not change.
To progressively select forward through objects under the pointer, press Ctrl/
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Command+ Alt/Option+] repeatedly until the object you want is selected. When the
frontmost object is selected, the selection will not change.
To select the object furthest back in the stack under the pointer, press Ctrl/
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Command+Shift+ Alt/Option+[.
To select the object at the front of the stack under the pointer, press Ctrl/
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Command+Shift+ Alt/Option+].
To move a selected object to the front or back of a stack:
Choose either Object > Arrange > Bring to Front or Object > Arrange > Send to Back.
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