The layer or layers are active for the current page. In the Layer Properties dialog box, select the check box in the Active column for each layer you want to make active. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Layers, and select Layer Properties. Shapes you add to the page are automatically assigned to all of the active layers. You can designate more than one active layer. When you are ready to add windows, you can designate the wall layer as the active layer. All the shapes you add from then on are assigned to the electrical layer. If a shape is not already assigned to a layer, the shape is automatically assigned to the active layer when you add it.įor example, if you are ready to add electrical wiring shapes to a drawing of an office layout, you can make the electrical layer active. Making a layer active is a fast way to assign shapes to the layer as you add them to the page. 1.6K 163K views 2 years ago Paint Windows MicrosoftPaint How to put one image on top of another image in Microsoft Paint In this Windows tutorial, I show you how to layer images with. Note: To assign a shape to more than one layer, press CTRL and click each layer.
