Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

The Paste Remembers Layers option determines where artwork is pasted in the layer 
hierarchy. By default, Paste Remembers Layers is off, and artwork is pasted into the 
whichever layer is active in the Layers palette. When Paste Remembers Layers is on, 
artwork is pasted into the layer from which it was copied, regardless of which layer is 
active in the Layers palette. 

Turn on Paste Remembers Layers if you’re pasting artwork between documents and 
you want to automatically place it into a layer of the same name from which it origi-

nated. If the target document does not have a layer of the same name, Illustrator creates a 
new layer.

Choose Paste Remembers Layers from the Layers palette menu. A check displays when the 
option is on.

Illustrator provides several ways to collect components in your artwork together: you can 
create groups, compound shapes, compound paths, pathfinder paths, and envelopes. The 
Layers palette is particularly useful for working with collective elements because it allows 
you to view their contents. 

Groups Appear as <Group> items in the Layers palette. You can use the Layers palette to 
move items in and out of groups. (See 

Compound shapes Appear as <Compound Shape> items in the Layers palette. You can 
use the Layers palette to show and manipulate the contents of a compound shape—
for example, change the stacking order of its components. (See 

Compound paths Appear as <Compound Path> items in the Layers palette. You cannot 
show the contents of a compound path in the Layers palette. 

Pathfinder paths Appear as <Group> items that contain individual paths or as <Path> 
items. 

Envelopes Appear as <Envelope> items in the Layers palette. 

The Layers palette makes it easy change the appearance of artwork. You can apply styles, 
apply effects, and set appearance attributes at any level of the layer hierarchy. For 
example, if you apply a drop shadow effect to a layer, all artwork in the layer takes on the 
drop shadow. However, if you move the artwork out of the layer, it will no longer have a 
drop shadow because the effect belongs to the layer, not to artwork within the layer. 
(See 

Before you can set an appearance attribute, apply a style, or apply an effect to a layer, 
group, or collective element, you must target the item in the Layers palette. The target 
icon indicates whether an item in the layer hierarchy has any appearance attributes and 
whether it is targeted:

 indicates the item is not targeted and has no appearance attributes.