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Viewing layers and layered artwork

You can hide a layer to hide objects on the layer without removing them. Displaying a layer displays all objects on that layer. If the active layer is hidden, newly created objects are not visible until the layer is displayed again.

To show or hide a layer, do one of the following:

In the Layers panel, click the left column to show or hide the layer; a check mark indicates the layer is visible.

To show or hide a range of contiguous layers, drag up or down in the left column of the Layers panel. Visible layers are indicated by a check mark.

To show or hide all layers, Control-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) in the left column of the Layers panel.

Note: To print all foreground layers when some or all layers are hidden, choose File > Output Options, and select Include Invisible Layers.