Freehand/Leopard printing problem -PLEASE HELP
We just got new imacs at the office with Leopard. We loaded Freehand 10, as
someone else here mentioned, we can print old files that were made in Tiger,
but we can not print anything we save | | 6 | 162 | 3/29/2008 2:40:36 PM |
Conversion question
Hello,
I have a Freehand MX file that I am trying to open with Freehand 10. Does
anyone know how to do that? Is there some sort of conversion I can do?
Any help is greatly apprec | | 2 | 91 | 3/28/2008 9:51:42 PM |
Memory Lane
Hi Everyone,
I was just looking at some of my old Freehand web links, especially "The
Freehand Achives" (http://www.domainvanhorn.com/pipermail/freehand/) and was
saddene | | 1 | 83 | 3/28/2008 10:58:45 AM |
Getting text object content and position via script /
Hello everybody,
we have several Freehand files on OS X (maps) where I need to get the text
content and the coordinates of objects in a given layer. I could not find a
possibility | | 1 | 93 | 3/27/2008 5:52:53 PM |
drawing gears
anyone know an easy way to draw gears in freehand? or a source for some freehand or eps gears?
thanks in advance for your help!
| | 3 | 108 | 3/26/2008 2:49:52 PM |
FH is less responsive on new iMac
Hello all,
I have a new iMac and I find that FHMXa is less less responsive than on my
old G5. There is a slight delay when selecting points and object, and also
when moving them. Does | | 2 | 87 | 3/25/2008 4:05:51 PM |
Toolbar missing
FreeHand does not display a tool bar palette anymore despite toggling
the obvious toolbar commands in the menu bar (under window and view).
I also discarded the application preference file | | 1 | 110 | 3/20/2008 5:28:06 PM |
New Document Template a NO-GO ...
When trying to establish a Default template within FH's Preferences, the
Default Ltr document is non-selectable.
And editing this [default] template and re-saving seems to make it invisible | | 1 | 74 | 3/20/2008 5:24:01 PM |
What's the point of using FreeHand?
I draw for a living. Here are a few reasons why I prefer to draw in FreeHand
rather than in Illustrator CS3.
OBJECT HANDLING
1. Selection of objects behind others very simple wit | | 15 | 102 | 3/20/2008 5:09:17 PM |
HELP!!!
Hey all, I really need help!!! I used photoshop to crop a photo, i have
extracted the character, i have made the background transparent and have saved
the file as a psd, my problem is now th | | 2 | 100 | 3/20/2008 4:59:58 PM |
Page Locked!
I am trying to design pages for an article to be published in our university
magazine (am extremely newbie and trying to save money). Instead while I was
importing a table-image on a new pag | | 1 | 81 | 3/20/2008 4:57:41 PM |
JPEG
Ok how can i save the graphic as a JPEG or something similar?
| | 1 | 91 | 3/20/2008 6:59:45 AM |
Freehand 11.02 won't start up
All of a sudden when trying to open Freehand it asks for my password and when I
type in password it won't open, just keeps asking for my administrator
password. I am the administrator. I tri | | 0 | 107 | 3/15/2008 1:36:17 PM |
Creating Tables (Rows & Columns)
Hi, I am having trouble designing tables for an article of my university
magazine publication.. I know freehand doesnt support tables so I converted my
MSWORD file into PDF and then used the | | 2 | 92 | 3/13/2008 2:16:41 AM |
Dialog boxes
I'm using the same version of Freehand 10 on both of my Macs, both running
10.4.11. On one of my G4's none of the dialog boxes for tool operations opens
up when I double click on the tool. | | 2 | 83 | 3/8/2008 8:45:27 PM |
Annoying Line Problem
I am was using the pencil tool and I accidently bumped something that now when
I draw a line, it creates an arrow at one end and a starting point dot on the
other. How do I get rid of the a | | 2 | 96 | 3/8/2008 1:31:14 AM |
Help with the hand
Hello, I have a problem with Freehand (V.11.0.2). The only thing that i can do
is move de page with the hand option. I cant do anything more. If I chose, for
example, the pencil... nothing h | | 1 | 90 | 3/6/2008 6:13:16 PM |
HELP! Can't import or open ai & pdf in Fh10
I have Freehand10 in XP home 2002 Sp2. It used to be on my old computer that
had XP Pro 2002 Sp2.
When I try to open any pdf file (old or new version, none of them works), I
only get a | | 0 | 78 | 3/6/2008 12:30:44 PM |
Vista & KDS
Has anyone used KDS succesfully in Vista?
I have removed all the icc profiles I dont need, deleted the preferences,
etc. but the good ol' cyan & magenta display problem appear | | 1 | 105 | 3/5/2008 6:00:59 PM |
Older topics
How I can read older topics? Now I can read only abput last two weeks.
| | 1 | 78 | 3/4/2008 9:25:45 PM |
Grid won't show
I am using Freehand and trying to grid off but the grid won't show.I know where the menu is but it simply doesn't seem to work. Anyone else seem to have that problem? Know how to fix it? Thanks
| | 7 | 79 | 3/4/2008 9:22:42 PM |
Open and Save Dialog Box
Since updating to Leopard, I cannot seem to get the Open and Save dialog box to
remain with the last setting I did. Every time that I open a new file or save,
I have to reset it again. Has a | | 1 | 97 | 3/1/2008 5:45:04 PM |
managing grouped objects
I?m a new user of Freehand MX (I used to work with Freehand 10 before) and I
have problems trying to change colors to grouped objects. I only can change
colors or strokes selecting individua | | 1 | 85 | 3/1/2008 9:28:01 AM |
Fonts with Leopard
Hi Judy,
Below is copy of your post about converting fonts to True Type. I tried
converting one of my Postscript fonts with FontXChange to TrueType with
negative results. I put the | | 5 | 143 | 2/27/2008 10:52:57 PM |
What's the point of using Adobe Creative Suite!
There is no doubt that using Adobe Creative Suite has HUGE advantages. It does
everything that Freehand used to do (the past tense is deliberate - it surely
can't survive forever), and a who | | 2 | 82 | 2/27/2008 3:38:25 PM |
AICS3 with Freehand's Shortcuts
Hi People,
I work on AICS3.... but i like the shortcut of Freehand 9 .... exist some
method for import those shortcuts?
thanks
COMAC
| | 2 | 99 | 2/26/2008 5:10:21 PM |
Font shift (when converting to paths)
Sure hope someone can help.
When I convert this font to paths, it shifts to another font style.
Any suggestions?
- Tim -
| | 1 | 101 | 2/25/2008 11:47:54 PM |
Customising Toolbars
I am running a windows trial version of Freehand MX at the moment to try and
decide whether I want to ultimately buy the mac or windows version. I
accidently removed some of the buttons from | | 2 | 87 | 2/24/2008 8:42:17 PM |
Need Help Exporting to PDF
[b]Original Art[/b]
[bullet]- created native in [b]Freehand MX[/b](aka version 11.0) on
[b]PC[/b][/bullet][bullet]- CMYK vector images created 300 dpi at full size
with full bleed for | | 3 | 150 | 2/24/2008 8:24:58 PM |
Adobe PDF printer getting strange error
I have Freehand 10 and have been creating PDF using print to printer "Adobe
PDF". All of sudden I am getting error "the specified printer could not be
initialized. Try a diff | | 2 | 150 | 2/20/2008 6:32:25 PM |
Freehand unexpectedly quits
Hi, I'm using Freehand 11.0.1 and Mac 10.3.6. After choosing print from File
menu, the page starting to print, but when i choose File-> New, Freehand
display an error "Freehand quit | | 1 | 101 | 2/19/2008 9:55:01 PM |
Shift and option key
For some reason, I have never been able on my computer to use the option drag
and the shift key restrain feature on this computer, it is about a year old. On
my older macs all the option and | | 1 | 103 | 2/19/2008 6:19:07 PM |
Selections issues
Does anybody have an answer to this??
for some reason I am no longer able to select multiple objects in MX. up until
recently I was able to hold down the Shift key and select as many objects | | 5 | 97 | 2/18/2008 8:48:53 PM |
Extensions
Does anyone know how to set Freehand to add and extension to the file? When I FTP files with no extension...they can't be open when downloaded.
Thanks!
| | 4 | 106 | 2/18/2008 7:18:24 PM |
convert mac files to pc
Hello! I have received a mac file (with no extension) of freehand. How can i open it in a pc? Thank you.
Jose Silva
| | 1 | 95 | 2/17/2008 8:43:49 PM |
disabled toolbar buttons
:frown; I have been trying to customize toolbars in Freehand MX (11.0.2) and
the instructions say "disabled buttons cannot be moved or deleted" but I can
find no instructions for e | | 1 | 89 | 2/16/2008 4:53:07 PM |
Pasted Images - Resizing issues
As of late when ever I try to move a box that has an imaged pasted inside the
image does not move with the box. I end up having to "cut contents" and
re-paste to the new location o | | 2 | 116 | 2/15/2008 5:45:15 PM |
Importing JPEG reduces in quality
Hello,
I have just updated Freehand MX 11.0.0 to 11.0.2 for PC.
I have had trouble importing JPEG's or any raster image with the same quality
as you would see through say "Win | | 2 | 98 | 2/15/2008 5:07:44 PM |
FH Mac only prints B&W
Freehand 11.0.2, Mac OS 10.5.1, printing to a HP Color Laser Jet 2605dn. At
first it began printing photographic images as B&W but the logos were in color,
now everything prints in B& | | 3 | 82 | 2/13/2008 9:34:30 PM |
Import MS Word Document in Freehand
I am using Microsoft Word 2003 and Macromedia FreeHand MX Version 11. I have to
import a Word Document into FreeHand. I saved MS Word document in Rich Text
Format. Then, in Freehand, I click | | 1 | 94 | 2/13/2008 7:33:58 PM |
Recently open files
HI!
How I can change the number of recently open files?
| | 4 | 176 | 2/12/2008 9:21:41 PM |
No printing/blank page from Freehand (PC)
Hi everyone. I'm having a problem with printing from Freehand - whenever I try
to print any document the printer just spits out a blank page. Printing from
other programs is fine, and I get | | 0 | 102 | 2/11/2008 3:11:26 PM |
Vista problems - palette fonts & KDS
It is said that Windows mimic Mac. True because Vista has now the same
backward compatibility as OSX. FreeHandMX runs quite well but the layer
palette use ridiculously large fonts and | | 5 | 79 | 2/10/2008 6:12:05 PM |
Printing from Freehand
:confused; I am running Freehand MX under Vista business, I cannot print ps
files the programme. I have turned off UAC, MX is running as administrator but
I still get the error 'No access ri | | 1 | 95 | 2/10/2008 6:10:09 PM |
ALDUS FREEHAND
Dear all, we have been working for years on ALDUS FREEHAND. Recently, we have
migrated to FREEHAND MX but still keeping the old version (3.1) since our
customers ask for modifying the old j | | 2 | 99 | 2/7/2008 7:50:03 PM |
Freehand MX 11.02 on x64 bit Win XP?
Wanting to upgrade to 64bit Windows but I'm not sure if FH MX work on a 64bit OS. Anyone who knows anything about this?
| | 2 | 81 | 2/4/2008 6:22:06 PM |
Help with graphic editing
I think I have gotten myself in over my head. I am using the FreeHand
software, & I know absolutely NOTHING about graphic design or this program. So,
I'm hoping that someone with some p | | 4 | 79 | 2/3/2008 9:34:09 PM |
Where is the Spiral Tool on Freehand?
Dear forum members: I would like to know if the Spiral Tool on Freehand
Drawing Toolbox has been eliminated in version 11.0.2. All I see is the elipse
and the rectangle. Thanks for any | | 1 | 90 | 2/3/2008 2:16:36 PM |
Update to 11.0.2
I just updated from version 11.0.1 to 11.0.2. In the finder, the version still
shows 11.0.1 and the modified date is still the same as the install date.
However when I open the program the A | | 3 | 117 | 2/1/2008 4:22:14 PM |
freehand crashed!!!
mine and other 4 different computers at the office have freehand 11.0.2
crashed, what to do??
all i know is in this 4 computers we have installed a program called "carrara" | | 2 | 105 | 2/1/2008 9:05:31 AM |