Layer Properties Dialog Box
With the Layer Properties dialog box you can alter the properties of a layer and change the guides layer settings. The dialog has two sections, one for layers and one for guides.
Layer
With the Layer tab in the dialog box you can alter:
 The name of the layer. See 
 Renaming layers.
 The name of the layer. See 
 Renaming layers.
 Whether the layer is visible. 
 See Hiding layers. Dimmed for 
 Animation documents.
 Whether the layer is visible. 
 See Hiding layers. Dimmed for 
 Animation documents.
 Whether objects in the layer 
 can be edited. See Locking layers. 
 Dimmed for Animation documents.
 Whether objects in the layer 
 can be edited. See Locking layers. 
 Dimmed for Animation documents.
These settings are duplicates of those shown in the Layer Gallery itself.
Guides
The Guides tab allows you to create new guidelines and set the color of all the guidelines and guide objects in the guides layer.
 The Horizontal\Vertical 
 setting sets whether horizontal or vertical guidelines are shown.
 The Horizontal\Vertical 
 setting sets whether horizontal or vertical guidelines are shown.
 The New 
 button allows you to create a new guideline.
 The New 
 button allows you to create a new guideline.
 The Delete 
 button deletes the selected guideline(s).
 The Delete 
 button deletes the selected guideline(s).
 The Properties 
 button opens the Guideline 
 Properties dialog box and allows you to set the exact position of 
 the selected guideline.
 The Properties 
 button opens the Guideline 
 Properties dialog box and allows you to set the exact position of 
 the selected guideline.
At the bottom of the dialog box is a drop-down list from which you can select the color used to display the dotted outlines of all objects in the guides layer. For more details, see Changing the color of guides.