MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 160

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Enter a value from 0 to 72 points in the Width text box or set the Width with
the slider control. A width of 0 gives a single, thin cut. Higher values will make
two cuts spaced according to the Width value.
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Select Close Cut Paths to close the resulting paths and to display the stroke and
fill of the original path. Deselect the option to keep the resulting paths open
and to display only the stroke.
Note:
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Select Tight Fit to make a cut that closely follows the path of your
hand movements.
If the Smoother Editing general preference is deselected, new points resulting
from a cut path may not be visible.
Drag the Knife tool across the path.
Select one or more paths.
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Select one or more points on each path. The path will be split at each point
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you select.
Choose Modify > Split.
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Using many points on a path increases the file size and can slow the process of
redrawing the screen and printing. Simplifying a path generally makes editing,
display, and printing easier, and is useful for objects created with the Trace tool or
the Pencil tool.
To selectively simplify paths in an entire document, you can use the Find &
Replace Graphics command to select paths containing more than a specified
number of points. For more information on the Find & Replace Graphics
command, see "Making global changes" on page 191.
You can also change the flatness setting to improve printing. For more
information, see "Setting up to print" on page 388.