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Choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Layers.
To hide a layer, click the eye icon. To show a hidden layer, click the empty box. (A layer is visible when the eye icon is present and hidden when the eye icon is absent. This setting temporarily overrides the settings in the Layer Properties dialog box.)
Note:
- A. Eye icon indicates a displayed layer
- B. Locked layer
- C. Hidden layer
Information can be stored on different layers of a PDF. The layers that appear in the PDF are based on the layers created in the original application. Use the Layers panel to examine layers and show or hide the content associated with each layer. Items on locked layers cannot be hidden.
Some layers may be organized into nested groups with a parent layer. Other layers may be in groups with no parent layer.
Vale a pena destacar a seguinte limitação do Adobe Reader.
A lock icon in the Layers panel indicates that a layer is for information only. Locked layers can be created from AutoCAD and Visio files. In Acrobat Standard, the visibility of a locked layer cannot be changed. In Acrobat Pro, use the Layer Properties dialog box to change the visibility of a locked layer.
Isso significa que o autor bloqueou as camadas no seu documento. Você terá que usar um editor de PDF que permita desbloquear a camada ou um editor de PDF que não tenha essa limitação.