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Moving objects frontward or backward in a stack of objects


    The Bring to Front and Send to Back commands let you move an object to the front or the back of the stack of objects on its layer. The Bring Forward and Send Backward commands let you move an object just one object forward or back in the stack of objects.

    If the object is part of any type of group--including masked artwork, compound paths, text, and word wraps--the object is moved to the front or back of the group rather than the front or back of the entire layer.

To make an object the frontmost or backmost object in its group or on its layer:

  1. Select the object you want to move.
  2. Choose either Object > Arrange > Bring to Front or Object > Arrange > Send to Back.

To move an object one layer to the front or one layer to the back of a stack:

  1. Select the object you want to move.
  2. Choose either Object > Arrange > Bring Forward or Object > Arrange > Send Backward.