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Subtract two vectors?

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2023-09-14 08:22:14

So I am constantly running up against what should be easy tasks but PM and PMP seem to fight me every step of the way. I have two shapes, each a vector on its own layer. The only two layers. I select each and click format, shapes, and I see add and subtract in the menu but they are grey. I want to subtract the two. Ill add screen grabs in a moment. Can you help?
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2023-09-15 12:57:11

Like so?
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2023-09-15 20:38:44

those are not available

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2023-09-16 07:55:09

What kind of object is Layer? You can't use Boolean in a mix of raster and vector objects. But you can convert the Layer per selection into a Shape via Format->Convert into Shape.