MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 129

EPS files can contain vector graphics, bitmap images, or both. EPS is the best file
format for preserving prepress-ready color. FreeHand imports an EPS graphic as a
linked, not embedded, file by default.
You can import DCS EPS (Desktop Color Separation Encapsulated PostScript)
1.0 or 2.0 files as linked files to increase the speed of printing high-resolution EPS
files. A DCS 1.0 file is actually five separate files—a low-resolution, composite
preview and a separate file for each process (CMYK) color—whereas a DCS 2.0
file contains the same data in a single file. When FreeHand creates process-color
separations, it gathers information from the other four component files and
outputs them to the appropriate plates.
When you import a DCS 2.0 EPS file, FreeHand automatically uses the
low-resolution data for display and the high-resolution data for output to the
appropriate plates.
Note:
Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Import.
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Select Convert Editable EPS when Imported, and click OK.
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Choose File > Open, and select and open the EPS file.
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Choose Xtras > Colors > Name All Colors. This adds colors from imported
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vector graphics by their CMYK process color or RGB color name.
Choose File > Import.
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In the Files of Type pop-up menu, select Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps).
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Navigate to locate the file, and select it.
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Click Open (Windows) or Choose (Macintosh).
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Click in the page to which you want to import the EPS file.
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