Chapter 24. Working with Layers
Layers are an integral part of many professional imaging applications and specialized technical programs, such as AutoCAD and Microsoft Visio. In Acrobat versions 6 through 9 you can view native layered documents and toggle on and off different layer views.
With the introduction of the Adobe Creative Suite, support for Adobe PDF layers has been integrated into Adobe Illustrator CS and Adobe InDesign CS. As we advance in time and software development, more applications are supporting exports to PDF with layer data.
Design and creative, scientific, and engineering professionals can find many uses for communicating ideas and concepts with layered documents. To help simplify the viewing of layered documents, you can add interactive buttons for guiding users through various layer views. In this chapter, you learn about what constitutes a PDF with layers, how to manage them, and how to create links to different layer views.
Setting Up the Work Environment
Viewing layers requires no special set of toolbars — the tools you need are dependent on what you intend to do with a PDF containing layers when you begin editing. If, for example, you intend to review and comment layered documents, you'll open the Comment and Markup toolbar.
If you work with engineering drawings, you'll want to open the Analysis toolbar and the Advanced Editing toolbar. For other layered documents, you won't need any special tools. If you open these toolbars, your Toolbar Well will look like ...
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