How to make editable layers in your designs

Our template technology uses the layer information from InDesign to figure out how your template should work. The way you name your layer – and what you put on it – tells our software how it should behave and which rules to apply.

How to make things fixed

The background layer is home to all the fixed, non-editable objects in your document. Most InDesign features and effects are supported on the background layer except for Text Wrap. Make sure all text, graphic and image elements which will not be editable are on ONE background layer.

To turn an existing layer into the background layer just add a hyphen prefix ‘-â? to the layer name (e.g. ‘Background, see right image below).

The ‘Background layer should be the lowest stacking layer within the ‘Layers’ palette, so that objects on the ‘Background layer do not obstruct any editable objects.

How to make things editable

Each editable object needs to be on its own layer. To quickly move an object to its own layer, simply create a new layer for each one, then drag each object onto a separate layer, using the coloured indicators in the ‘Layers’ palette (see left image below).

To see an onscreen demonstration, watch the How to Make Editable Layers in Your Designs video.