The active layer is identified in the Layers palette by the Edit icon . The active layer is the layer where any new items you create will be put. You can set the active layer in two ways:

• Click the layer name in the Layers palette.
• Select a single item on the page. That item’s layer automatically becomes the active layer.

Only one layer can be active at a time (even if you select items on more than one layer at a time). However, you can select more than one layer at a time (for example, if you want to merge the layers). To select more than one layer, do one of the following things:

• Select items from more than one layer (for example, by selecting everything on the page).
• To select consecutive layers in the palette, press Shift while you click the first and last layer in the range you want to select.
• To select nonconsecutive layers in the palette, press Command/Ctrl while clicking the layers you want to select.