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bring to front/bring to back not working

Community Beginner ,
Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

Hi,

I need help. I am working on a magazine: on the cover, I place a picture and use the "send to back"/"send bacward" option because I want the writings to be on top of the picture. I've done that before and it used to work, now it doesn't. When I do it nothing happens.

Please can someone tell me what to do?

thank you

Rgds

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Enthusiast , Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

Check to see if the picture is on a different layer from the text.  When you send it to the back, it only goes to the back of that layer.  So you might have to rearrange layers or move it to a different layer.

Hope that helps...

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Guide , Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

I bet you have text wrap on...?

textwrap.jpg


Text wrap is not on at image above... You can also control text wraps with Text Wrap panel (Window>Text Wrap)

Select your cover image and check that text wrap is off...

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Enthusiast ,
Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

Check to see if the picture is on a different layer from the text.  When you send it to the back, it only goes to the back of that layer.  So you might have to rearrange layers or move it to a different layer.

Hope that helps...

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New Here ,
Mar 05, 2021 Mar 05, 2021

working on a book with a collegue and my issue was a block colour heading and I was trying to add an illustration on top. turns out my collegue had mucked around with layers since I last worked on a page, this was a useful answer 🙂 Thankyou

 

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New Here ,
Apr 12, 2022 Apr 12, 2022

Thank you! It worked !!

 

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New Here ,
Nov 18, 2022 Nov 18, 2022

wooow I've been stuck for ages and was so frustraated! total nocive trying to create a pitch deck hahahaa Thanks!

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New Here ,
Mar 11, 2023 Mar 11, 2023

i think i have this problem, but i dont want to rearrange layers. is there a way to override this?

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Community Expert ,
Mar 11, 2023 Mar 11, 2023

No.

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New Here ,
Mar 11, 2023 Mar 11, 2023

That's unfortunate. It would be nice as a preferences option you could toggle. I'll make a request feature. thanks

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Community Expert ,
Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

Check your layers.

Bob

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

Thank you Phillys and Bob. I've checked and it works.

the only issue I still have is the following: I can see that the picture has been sent to back as I can select the text frames on top of it. But the text does not appear event though the boxes are on the front. When I remove the picture I can see the text again. How strange it that? Can you help again please? It is the first time I face this issue. It usually works well.

Thanks

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Guide ,
Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

I bet you have text wrap on...?

textwrap.jpg


Text wrap is not on at image above... You can also control text wraps with Text Wrap panel (Window>Text Wrap)

Select your cover image and check that text wrap is off...

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

Thank you all!! That problem is solved.

It is the first time I try a forum like this: I really appreciate the fast responses and your willingness to help.

I'll certainly be back with other questions 😉

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Guide ,
Aug 17, 2009 Aug 17, 2009

If it´s not layers, check that your texts are not in master page (they shouldnt but sometimes that may be the case)...

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New Here ,
Mar 28, 2018 Mar 28, 2018

Thankkk youuuuuu

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 12, 2024 Feb 12, 2024

Several forums such as this one mentioned layers, that wasn't doing it at all for me, the text was still stubbornly staying hidden when I moved it on top of a picture, then appeared again if moved to the side. What finally did it was using the text wrap window. I held shift and clicked both the photo and the text box and basically clicked on each text wrap setting until one allowed the text to appear on top of the photo. Hope that saves someone else 45 minutes. 

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Community Expert ,
Feb 13, 2024 Feb 13, 2024
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Which exactly how it was answered...15 years ago!

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