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There may be some confusion, here, over terminology. I'm not an engineeer, but a fairly accomplished user. So there may be a more technical explanation than I am able to provide. There are layers, and then again, there are layers. And both are different animules. Let's say you are making an ad in InDesign. You "do not" create layers for your work. In other words, all your elements are on the base layer. However, you have a full-page background image. On top of the background, you've placed several images, some of which overlap. Additionally, you have created some type in an arc shape (two different elements) which you have placed in the file. You also have several text containers, and codes for each of the images. So in essence, you have layered each of your elements on one single "layer". Confused? I hope so...I'm trying hard to cause information overload. When the PDF is made, PDF creates objects for each of the elements. Many of the elements will be combined into one object (such as the codes, or the arc-shaped type. If you click on a photo, you may end up highlighting an object which has several small elements ranging over the whole page. Another click, and you discover that two images eloped and were married before being placed in the original file. Finally, you may find an image blended into the background (via Photoshop). Then there are some blue rectangles that simply seem to have no purpose. But, at some point, they were used in the creation of the PDF. If they have no content, it shouldn't hurt to delete them. What I do, is hold down the control key (Windows)/command key (Mac), then use the touch-up object tool until I am able to select the image I am trying to modify. Hope this helps. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Hiniker Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF] Layer problems The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com __________________________________________________________________ Thanks for your response. It is not that I am ungrateful but I really think there is some point/reason for these boxes and I think it has to do with layers. Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Miller, James Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF] Layer problems The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com __________________________________________________________________ Rich gave you the same "advice" as I did earlier. Could it be possible that it's just a glitch/bug that has no real explanation or fix, only workarounds? Welcome to the wonderful world of Acrobat. I'm sorry as this may appear as not being helpful, but it is definitely something to get used to - workarounds. Have you tried editing text in 6 yet? Hint: Make sure your layout is perfect before you pdf. Maybe Adobe will get enough complaints and come out with ver. 6.0.6... ad nauseum. ~James __________________________________________________________________ But what are those boxes? As I explained, they ended up costing me money. There must be somebody in PDFland that knows what they are and why they appeared with Acrobat 6. Dan __________________________________________________________________ I've seen this silly empty boxes with blue borders. I just carefully extract them until the desired image is highlighted. Rich To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
