: With InDesign, how can I copy and paste layers to be designated for a specific page? I have 4 pages side by side and I have turned on "Paster Remembers Layers". I want to copy the layers

@Murray976

My previous comment was incorrect. I think I may have misunderstood what you are trying to do.

Layers are relative to pages. If you have, say 3 pages and 1 layer, you can have different content on each page on the same layer. In fact, this is how InDesign works by default.

You open a new document with 3 pages and by default there's only one layer. Place something on page 1, then move to page 2 that object is not present. Place something on page 2 and move back to page 1 -- the page 2 object is not visible. However, both objects on page 1 and 2 are also on Layer 1. Changing pages alters the visible content on Layer 1.

In your scenario, I don't think you would copy/paste layers across pages, you copy/paste the content across pages.

In short... I don't think I understand what you are trying to do. Layers in InDesign aren't like layers in Photoshop or Illustrator. They operate on a hierarchy -- Document > Master Page > Page > Layer -- You can easily have content on the same layer which shows/hides based upon the page being currently viewed.

If you want common elements to be visible on some pages, but not others, that is what Master Pages are for.

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