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I am making flyers tonight and I have noticed that I can't keep shape layers visible at all times.
I am creating flyers to hang on boards for people to pull off my phone number. Therefore I want to have lines indicating where I should cut and how far. However, I can't keep these lines visible unless I am selcting the layer. I read an answer to a similar question and they answered that they should chose a different foreground color from the background color. I already have a white background and black foreground color yet still i can't see the layer.
any ideas?
thanks many times.

Thanks for the tip, Garry.
However, readjusting the layer visibility also did not make any difference. For the purpose of printing all visible, I created all shapes on one layer and clicked on it while printing so I can see everything. Really, no idea why nothing worked.
cheers,
D.

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