Assigning Z-order to positioned text boxes

If you want to layer Positioned Text Boxes (have them overlap each other), you can use Z-order to determine the position of each Positioned text box as it appears in the topic.

The default Z-order is Auto (layers the Positioned Text Boxes in the order they were inserted into the topic), but you can number Positioned Text Boxes in any order you want them to appear. Just select a Positioned Text Box and select a number from the drop-down list to apply, starting with 1 as the first (bottom) layer (2 will appear on top of 1, 3 on top of 2, etc.).

Note: You can also use the positioning toolbar to set the Z-order. If the positioning toolbar is not visible, select Toolbars-Positioning from the View menu.

You might want to layer text boxes and apply Dynamic HTML effects to them. For example, maybe you'd like text boxes to fly in and out of a topic in a layered, sequential order. Applying Z-order to each text box allows you to achieve this effect.

 

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