diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/export/entry.rs b/crates/pdf/src/export/entry.rs
index 6cf8677269..00ac16a3fe 100644
--- a/crates/pdf/src/export/entry.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/export/entry.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ fn export_with_report_inner(doc: &Document, opts: &PdfOptions, left_out: &mut Ha
     let set = &opts.settings;
     set.check()?;
     vectorcraft_doc::cancel::check().map_err(|_| PdfError::Cancelled)?;
+    // The pages come from the artboards, which baking leaves as they are. The version a long page
+    // raises the file to decides whether the layers are written, so it is settled before baking.
+    let pages = pages(doc, opts)?;
+    let raised = for_long_pages(set, &pages)?;
+    let set = raised.as_ref().unwrap_or(set);
     // Live geometry effects export as their result, in symbols' art too; raster effects are
     // reported below.
     // Only the layers this export writes place their instances' art (see `ex.non_printing` and
@@ -57,9 +62,6 @@ fn export_with_report_inner(doc: &Document, opts: &PdfOptions, left_out: &mut Ha
     // Baking stops early when cancelled, leaving a half-baked copy that must not be written.
     vectorcraft_doc::cancel::check().map_err(|_| PdfError::Cancelled)?;
     let doc = baked.as_ref().unwrap_or(doc);
-    let pages = pages(doc, opts)?;
-    let raised = for_long_pages(set, &pages)?;
-    let set = raised.as_ref().unwrap_or(set);
 
     // The file's Title is File Info's; the page information names the document, as its tab does.
     let title = crate::pdfx::title(set.standard, opts.title.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| doc.info_title().to_owned()));
diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/tests/layers.rs b/crates/pdf/src/tests/layers.rs
index 0650e3f0ef..b11cbc47d8 100644
--- a/crates/pdf/src/tests/layers.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/tests/layers.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,37 @@ fn pdf_layers_import_back_as_layers() {
     }
 }
 
+/// A hidden layer written as a PDF layer places the live effects of its instances' symbol art,
+/// also in a PDF/A-2b file at PDF 1.4 whose 17,000 pt page has it written as PDF 1.6: the symbol's
+/// square from x = 10 to 40, which a Transform effect moves 100 pt right, is written from x = 110
+/// to 140.
+#[test]
+fn a_hidden_layer_places_symbol_art_effects_when_a_long_page_raises_the_version() {
+    let mut d = Document::new(17_000.0, 300.0);
+    d.layers.clear();
+    let mut square = rect(&mut d, 10.0, RED);
+    square.appearance.effects.push(vectorcraft_doc::Effect { id: "distort.transform".into(), params: json!({"moveH": 100.0}), visible: true });
+    d.symbols.push(vectorcraft_doc::Symbol { dynamic: false, name: "Moved".into(), art: square.into() });
+    let instance = Node::new(d.alloc_id(), NodeKind::SymbolInstance { symbol: "Moved".into(), xf: vectorcraft_geom::Affine::IDENTITY });
+    let mut l = Node::layer(d.alloc_id(), "Hidden", LayerColor::Preset(0));
+    l.visible = false;
+    if let NodeKind::Layer { children, .. } = &mut l.kind {
+        children.push(instance.into());
+    }
+    d.layers.push(l.into());
+    for compatibility in [Compatibility::Pdf14, Compatibility::Pdf16] {
+        let settings = PdfSettings { standard: Standard::PdfA2b, compatibility, create_layers: true, ..PdfSettings::default() };
+        let r = export_with_report(&d, &PdfOptions { settings, created: Some(1_791_200_000), ..Default::default() }).unwrap();
+        assert!(r.bytes.starts_with(b"%PDF-1.6"), "{compatibility:?}");
+        let back = import_with_report(&r.bytes, &ImportOptions::default()).unwrap().document;
+        let hidden = back.layers.iter().find(|l| l.name.as_deref() == Some("Hidden")).expect("the hidden layer");
+        let art = hidden.children().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(art.len(), 1, "{compatibility:?}");
+        let b = art[0].geometric_bounds().unwrap();
+        assert!((b.x0 - 110.0).abs() < 0.1 && (b.x1 - 140.0).abs() < 0.1, "{compatibility:?}: {b:?}");
+    }
+}
+
 /// The rows of `nodes` in paint order, depth first: `depth name visible` for layers, `depth fill`
 /// for art.
 fn tree(nodes: &[std::sync::Arc<Node>], depth: usize, out: &mut Vec<String>) {