MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 114

Because some of FreeHand's features change between versions, some illustration
attributes may change or be omitted when an illustration is converted. After
converting a document from an earlier version, be sure it displays and prints
properly before deleting the original document.
Converted FreeHand files appear in FreeHand 10 much as they did in earlier
versions, with these exceptions:
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In converted documents containing text attached to a path, the text always
aligns to the beginning of the path.
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When you open documents from earlier versions of FreeHand that contain
filled open paths, the fill attributes are present in the Fill inspector; however, the
fills may not display. To display the fill, you can select the Show Fill for New
Open Paths option in object preferences, select the object, and reapply the fill.
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Importing documents from FreeHand 5 into FreeHand 10 stores the colors as
CMYK, even if the colors appear with RGB color names in the Swatches.
FreeHand 8 and 9 store colors internally as CMYK, RGB, or Hexachrome
(CMYKOG). FreeHand 5 stores colors as CMYK.
Open the file in FreeHand 10.
The converted file's name becomes File name.FH10 (Windows) or File name
(Converted) (Macintosh).
To work more efficiently and avoid design inconsistencies, you can create
templates for documents that share common design elements and production
settings. You can then use these templates as defaults for creating new documents.
You can also use master pages to apply page layouts to individual pages. For more
information, see "Working with master pages" on page 104.
A template's settings and attributes are defaults for creating other documents. To
create new documents with the same objects, settings, colors, and object and
paragraph styles as those of an existing document, you can save the existing
document as a template.
A template file saves the following elements of a FreeHand document:
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Guides
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Layer information
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Object styles
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Paragraph styles