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308 CHAPTER 9 SHOWING WORK TO YOUR CLIENTS

4. Right-click the Site Plan layer, and choose New Layer Based Slice from the context menu.
Repeat this process and create new layer-based slices on the Illustration, Compositing, and
Glass layers.

Notice how the slices are identified in the document window. Layer-based slices have a solid
edge, and auto slices fill the in-between spaces with dotted edges. Each slice is numbered and
labeled.
5. Click the Slice tool in the toolbox, or press K. Drag rectangular windows around the kitchen
plan, elevation, and two text layers to create corresponding user slices (see Figure 9.19).

Auto slices are identified by grayed-out labels that show the link symbol; auto slices are linked to
layer-based and/or user slices and fill the in-between spaces (with white pixels in this example).

Figure 9.19
Optimization tabs User slice symbol Auto slice link
Layer-based, user, and
auto slices

Layer-based slice symbol