Combining Paths - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual

Click the Subselect tool.
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Hold down Control and Alt-right-click (Windows), or hold down Control and
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Option-click (Macintosh) the object. This selects the top object in the stack.
Continue clicking to cycle through the objects beneath the first one.
Note:
You can create new paths by joining or combining paths. Some of these operations
produce composite paths, which consist of individual paths joined together that act
as one path.
When you combine paths using the Join command, the selected paths are simply
joined as a single composite path. When you combine paths using the Union,
Divide, Intersect, Punch, Crop, or Transparency commands, the result might be a
composite path or a single path depending on the position of the originals and the
path operation you use.
You can specify whether path operations other than Join consume the original
paths using Preferences. Hold down Shift as you choose a path operation to retain
the original paths, without resetting the defaults.
Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Object.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Path Operations Consume Original Paths to delete the original paths on
applying a path operation.
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Deselect this option to keep the original paths.
Joining two or more closed paths creates a composite path, which acts as a single
path. A composite path assumes the stroke and fill attributes of the backmost
path. Path direction also affects the appearance of composite paths.
You can specify whether open paths must be touching to be joined.
For information on blending composite paths, see "Blending composite paths and
groups" on page 210.