Freehand MX installer page not working
When you go to this page https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?loc=en_us&product=freehand to install Freehand MX, the links do not work. They send to a 404 page. I bought a new computer and...
View ArticleWhat version of Freehand will work on OSX Mountain Lion?
I am looking at switching from a powerbook to an iMac that is running OSX Mountain Lion, my version of Freehand is 11.0. What do I need to do to insure that when I receive my iMac that I can install...
View ArticleMissing Fonts
I'm using FreeHand MX 11.0.2 on Windows XP Pro.I'm trying to open a file that was created on another PC on our network containing Futura fonts, and I get a Missing Fonts message telling me that...
View ArticleFreehand 3 files
Hi all, I have been given a load of files from a customer (well a customers customer actually) which are in .FH3 format. I need to be able to access them so I downloaded the trial of freehand 8 which...
View ArticleFreeHand and Lion (Mac Os X 10.7). The game is over
Is sad, but Freehand ends this summer, with Mac Os X 10.7. Lion will drop Rossetta (the emulation code to support legacy Power PC programs). Freehand runs smoothly in Snow Leopard but it hasn't been...
View ArticleHow to open Freehand MX with Mac OS 10.6.7?
I recently migrated from an old desktop Mac G4 with OS 10.4 to a new Macbook Pro with OS 10.6.7. With the new machine Freehand MX simply will not open. When I try to open it, its icon appears for a...
View ArticleIllustrator no longer opens FH files!
Just a 'heads up' to anyone who may still be lurking this board. With the release of Illustrator CS6 Adobe has apparently dropped support for opening FreeHand files i.e. Ai CS6 no longer opens FH...
View ArticleCannot save colors for highlighting text.
I know how o highlight text in color in FReehand, but when I save the file, the highlinghting that I've done is not save, and my choice of colors is also not saved. What do i do?       Joe
View ArticleEnhanced meta file option problem for word 2013
We are using freehand mx and ms office word 2013. When i copy an image from freehand and special paste to word 2013 the image corrupts. Windows meta file format is not included in Word 2013, and...
View ArticleAldus Freehand 3.1 on Windows 7
I recently lost my old harddrive with Aldus Freehand 3.1. Now I have Windows 7 64 bit on a new computer. I have all the installation floppys for Freehand 3.1, my question is, how do I go about getting...
View ArticleHow to Export with Transparent Background
I have created a logo in Freehand 10, and I need to export it as an EPS with a transparent background to place in an InDesign document. How do I export the file with a transparent...
View ArticleConverting FreeHand files with Illustrator CS5
I have not upgraded to OS Lion because it does not work with FreeHand MX. Reluctantly I finally got Illustrator CS5, planning on converting all my many many FH files to AI, which I have yet to learn to...
View ArticleLine width question; Freehand MX
Is it possible to change the line width of all lines in a document?I go to Edit > Select > All In Document.I go to the Properties box and on the Object tab I try to click Stroke.---, but it is...
View ArticleFreehand File Format Specifications
Hi,Trying to locate file format specifications for Freehand 9, 10 and MX files. From what I've seen on the 'net, they weren't made availabe to the public by Macromedia.With Freehand considered "dead"...
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FreeHand Mx PDF import problem
Using FreeHand Mx. PDFs created from Acrobat 5.0 imported into FreeHand Mx just fine. Recently updated to Acrobat 8.0 Pro and the PDFs created from that version do NOT import into FreeHand Mx. I get no...
View ArticleFile extension for FreeHand MX
I am trying to find the correct file name extension for a Freehand MX file.FreeHand 9 = .fh9 for example.
View ArticleFreeHand Replacement
I've decided there really isn't one! I tried CanvasX (Mac) and it crashed 3times in 5 minutes. I could not get the keyboard shortcuts for zooming towork and a few other things were broken. I wrote to...
View ArticleExport to PDF Error
My FHMX has suddenly developed an aversion to exporting to PDF! The problem seems to just be restricted to large-dimension documents - though I can't say that I recall having this problem in the past....
View ArticleError: Could not complete your request because an unknown command was...
I've been working on a file in FreeHand 11 for a few months now, and for some reason after saving and closing the file about a week ago, I can no longer open it - on either of my computers (both PCs,...
View ArticleAlternative to our dying Freehand... and monopolistic Illustrator
Finally some other vector application has multipage like Freehand.Well... it's more similar to InDesign multipage, but nevertheless it is a step forward. Although Xara Xtreme is fine piece of software...
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