Unknown Command when opening a file
When I try to open a file created in freehand it tells me "could not complete your request because an unknown command was encountered." I get this message on a lot of files. However, when I go to "my...
View ArticleILLUSTRATOR CS5 AND INDESIGN CS5
Well...I've been looking the new CS5 programs. It's time to change. Now, Illustrator artboards (pages) can be rearranged and named. You can paste a objet in multiple artboards and they preserve their...
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 ArticleWhite space around image after printing
I have been using Freehand for awhile to make maps, but am certainly still a novice. I have solved most problems, but there is a pressing one that I can't seem to figure out. After "converting to...
View ArticleFreehand MX line weight issue?
I am having a problem seeing the difference between say a 1pt line and a .5 line when viewing and creating an illustration at 100%. The line weights look identical. If I view or edit the illustration...
View ArticleReinstalling Freehand MX
Attempting to reinstall Freehand MX on my iMac after replacing hard drive. It took the serial number but stops at the activation page. It says "Unable to connect to the internet" even though I have a...
View ArticleFreehand External Editor
Is it possible to have Photoshop CS2 as an external editor in Freehand 10? Preferably in a Mac Intel system running 10.4.8? Currently, when I try to make it an external editor, the Photoshop CS2...
View ArticleColor brush strokes
I am new to Freehand. I am trying to do a red brush stroke. I set the color to red then using the pencil tool make a mark then change it's atribute to a brush stroke. When it changes the line to a...
View ArticleFH11 to Illustrator conversion: errors?!
I have a large project, originally created in FH11, which has finished review and needs lots and lots of modifications. I need to do these modifications in Illustrator. However, I have not found a...
View ArticleFreeHand Serial
Hi,I've downloaded Freehand current ver trial but note the serial no I've got for Freehand can't be applied to it as the trial vrsion is registered to demo and wont take a serial. Unfortunately, though...
View ArticleMy Manifesto on Freehand
OK, lets face it... Freehand has been kicked, punched and beaten, and if that were not enough OSX 6 kicked Freehand in it's balls so hard they went to the roof of it's mouth. But after all that ...it...
View ArticleWindows 7 - Freehand MX ??
Hello Friendly Freehanders.Any comments yet on running FH MX under Windows 7?I understand Windows XP can run in emulation mode in Win7 Professional version and wonder if that will be an option for...
View ArticleDefault font * AutoCAD-like Array in Freehand
Hi, I would like to ask a question on font. Is there a way to configure default font? For example, if I would like to make default font Georgia rather than need to chagne it every time, how to...
View ArticleFreehand MX
i am posting here as i can't find anywhere in Adobew website to answer this question! I have used Freehand since 2008; however it will no longer open - i am being asked for a serial number; i don't...
View ArticleAdobe Acknowledges FreeHand!
In a recent New york Times interview, Adobe president Bruce Chizen mentions FreeHand as follows...quote:Q. What do you mean by “Adobe is everywhere you look?”A. The fonts in daily newspapers may have...
View ArticleIllustrator CS3 trial
So I'm giving CS3 a try and as I've been told it opens FHMX documents. I've downloaded the trial, went to "file""open" and selected from the list "enable" "fh (Fh9 FH10 FH11)ETC and none of my FH...
View Articleimporting Hebrew text/font
I have been sent a PDF file with text that has been translated into a Hebrew font. I have downloaded the font but when I copy/paste into the freehand file, it says the font is not available (also does...
View ArticleHow to create a PS file out of Freehand MX?
I am new to these forums, and wonder if anyone can help clarify a question: How to create a PS file with fonts embedded, out of Freehand MX?I am very late in making the transition to OSX /Freehand MX /...
View ArticleWhy does FH crash when I want to group files for output?
I used to ba able to group files for out put to collect all fonts, photos and relative files into one folder. I have Mac OS 10.4.11 and FH MX, last version on both power pc and intel processors. Please...
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