Adding a layer to PDF file - how?

[Riley Blue]

I'm doing a table top rally, plotting a route on OS maps using a variety of navigational methods.

To see the details on the maps clearly I'm enlarging them on screen but it would be useful to be able to mark the maps on a layer / overlay that I could flick on / off.

Is there a way to do this? I have Acrobat Reader and Acrobat X.

[mmm-five]

I normally create my layered files in Illustrator, Photoshop or InDesign and can then click them on/off in Acrobat.

However, you could import a new blank page/file as a new layer in Acrobat (the full version, not the reader) and then Edit that layer with your annotations.

[Riley Blue]

Thanks, you put me on the right lines.

Photoshop CS2 (you can see I'm bang up to date with software) wouldn't open the PDFs ("not an Adobe Photoshop PDF file") but I saved each as a jpeg in Acrobat then opened them in PS and added a layer - problem solved.

[mmm-five]

Yes, the older versions need an older version of PDF format too - or one saved in compatibility mode.

I stay up to date with the versions (Adobe CC 2022 + 2023 installed in parallel) as my clients require it...and pay for it indirectly...but I do miss the simplicity/speed of some of the older versions.