Placing Fireworks Graphics In Freehand; To Copy And Paste A Selected Freehand Graphic Into Fireworks; To Drag A Freehand Graphic Into Fireworks - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

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To copy and paste a selected FreeHand graphic into Fireworks:

1.
In FreeHand, choose Edit > Copy.
2.
Create a new document in Fireworks or open an existing one.
3.
Select Edit > Paste.

To drag a FreeHand graphic into Fireworks:

Drag the graphic from FreeHand into an open document in Fireworks.
In Windows, if your FreeHand and Fireworks applications are maximized, drag the
FreeHand graphic to the Fireworks button in the taskbar. Hold it there for a few seconds,
and the Fireworks document window will be displayed. Drag the cursor onto the canvas
and release.

Placing Fireworks graphics in FreeHand

You can place Fireworks graphics into FreeHand in a number of ways. You can quickly place
Fireworks graphics into FreeHand by importing or copying and pasting them. You can also
export Fireworks graphics in a Freehand-compatible format, and then import them into
FreeHand.
Importing Fireworks graphics into FreeHand
FreeHand can import vector graphics that were created in Fireworks. Depending on the
options you select when importing or opening, FreeHand can import Fireworks layers,
frames, vectors, text, bitmaps, and some effects that are shared by both applications. Hidden
Fireworks layers are ignored and are not imported. Whether or not the content you import or
open is editable in FreeHand depends on the import options you select in the Fireworks PNG
Import Settings dialog box.
To import a Fireworks PNG file into FreeHand:
1.
Save the desired document in Fireworks.
For information on saving files, see Fireworks Help.
2.
Switch to an open document in FreeHand.
3.
Select File > Import or File > Open.
Working with Macromedia FreeHand MX 401

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