Adobe® Illustrator® 10 Classroom in a Book®

Locking layers

As you edit objects on a layer, you can use the Layers palette to lock other layers and prevent selecting or changing the rest of the artwork.

Now you'll lock all the layers except the Numbers sublayer so that you can easily edit the clock numbers without affecting objects on other layers. Locked layers cannot be selected or edited in any way.

1.	To simplify your work, click the triangle to the left of the Frame layer to collapse the layer view.
2.	Click the edit column to the right of the eye icon on the Frame layer to lock the layer. The padlock icon () indicates that a layer is locked.
3.	Click the edit column to the right of the ...