Downloaded Obama Birth Certificate - To be layered or not be layered.

[link to www.whitehouse.gov]

Should a photo copy of a birth certificate have multiple layers or just a few.
President Obama has 9 layers.

How many do you have in your birth certificate?


Download the document from [link to www.whitehouse.gov]

Import the PDF document using Inkscape. Unmark the two options in order not to modify the document.

To reveal if the document has parts, click on the image opened. The status line at the bottom of the software reports that the image is composed of "2 objects" that have been grouped.

To "ungroup" image components click Ctrl-Shift-G or select Object>Ungroup.

For a second time, again click on the image and to "ungroup" image components click Ctrl-Shift-G or select Object>Ungroup. The status line at the bottom of the program reports that the image includes 9 objects.

Again click on the image and for a third time to "ungroup" image components click Ctrl-Shift-G or select Object>Ungroup. This time you see the outlines of nine rectangles marking the boundaries of the 9 objects.