MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 131

Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) is a common file format for sharing
documents across most computer platforms. PDF files can be viewed or printed
using the Acrobat Reader.
FreeHand can open PDF documents that contain notes or links to URLs on the
Web. By default, Acrobat notes are imported to a separate layer called the Notes
layer, and URLs are imported to the URLs layer. If FreeHand cannot determine
the assigned path area, it imports linked notes as rectangles on the URLs layer.
FreeHand imports linear and radial gradient fills that were originally generated in
FreeHand and exported to PDF. PostScript 3 gradient mesh fills are imported as
10% black fills.
Choose File > Open, and select the PDF file you wish to open.
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Multipage PDF documents open in FreeHand as multipage documents. Each
page has the same size and orientation as in the original PDF document.
If prompted to replace fonts, follow the procedure under "Handling font
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substitution" on page 133.
FreeHand supports all PDF font formats, including PostScript Type 1,
PostScript Type 3, and TrueType fonts, and displays any font in a PDF
document if that font is installed on your system. (For more information on
PDF font support, see your Adobe Acrobat documentation.)
Fonts included in a PDF file but not on your system are not substituted
automatically when you open the PDF file.
If the text in the PDF file is displayed as individual text blocks, combine these
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text blocks using the text tools.
Note:
Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Import.
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Select one or both of the following PDF Import options:
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Select Import Notes to import notes to the Notes layer.
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Select Import URLs to import links to URLs to the URLs layer.
Click OK.
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