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Converting Macromedia
FreeHand documents
Illustrator can work in either cMYK or rgb
color mode. You will be prompted to choose
one or the other when you open a Freehand
document that contains objects that use both
cMYK and rgb color modes.
knowhow from Adobe Labs
knowhow from Adobe Labs provides single-click, contextual access for viewing
tool tips, keyboard hints, and feature help. Now you can see all the shortcuts
that you never had time to learn, and discover ways of working with Illustrator
that you didn't know were possible.
You can also access community-generated content created by Illustrator experts
on the web, pulled from a user account on del.icio.us.
Choose Window > Adobe Labs > knowhow and see the knowhow panel pop
onto your workspace. Click on any tool and look to knowhow to see a description,
keyboard hints, and links directly into Adobe Help for that very tool. For help with a
panel or topic, simply type a search term in knowhow's search field.
Note: knowhow is available only in English versions of Illustrator CS3.
Illustrator can open FreeHand files up to version 10 and FreeHand MX (11).
FreeHand allows you to import both CMYK and RGB image files. If you open
a FreeHand document that contains both CMYK and RGB images, you'll be
prompted to choose a specific color space (see "Setting up a New Document" on
page 15).
If the original FreeHand document contains more than one page, these will have
separate crop areas in the Illustrator document; this is useful to print individual
FreeHand pages, since Illustrator CS3 allows printing of individual crop areas.
You also have the option import only a specific page from a FreeHand file.
Other improved import features include:
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Import of FreeHand swatches, defined in the Swatches palette in FreeHand,
as swatches in Illustrator CS3.
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Import of FreeHand symbols as symbols in Illustrator CS3.
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Import of FreeHand raster effects—drop shadow, basic and feather transpar-
ency—as live effects in Illustrator CS3.
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Import of FreeHand Envelopes as Envelope effects in Illustrator CS3.
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Import of FreeHand custom guides as Illustrator CS3 guides.
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The ability to outline text upon import so that text appearance in FreeHand
is preserved in Illustrator CS3.
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Proper positioning of FreeHand text, including text alignment, text wrap,
vertical text, and text inset, upon import into Illustrator CS3.
converting Macromedia Freehand documents
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