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Navigate layered PDF documents

To view information stored on different layers of a PDF document, use the Layers tab.

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To check whether the PDF document contains layers, click the Layers tab in the navigation pane.

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To show all the content stored on all the layers at once, choose Apply Layer Overrides from the Options menu.

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Click the eye icon to hide a layer’s content. Click the empty box to show a hidden layer’s content.

The creator of a layered PDF document may also have created bookmarks and links to take you to a custom view of a particular layer.


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