MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 197

Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Object.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Join Non-touching Paths to connect the paths if the end points are
within the Snap Distance set in the General Preferences dialog box.
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Deselect Join Non-touching Paths to join the paths only if they touch.
Click OK.
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Select two or more paths.
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If the two paths are open, their distance and preferences control whether
they are joined.
Choose Modify > Join.
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Select a composite path.
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Object to display the Object inspector.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Even/Odd Fill to make overlapping subpaths of a composite path
alternate between filled and transparent.
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Deselect Even/Odd Fill to make overlapping subpaths filled or transparent
based on their path direction. For more information on path direction, see
"Path and point characteristics" on page 139.
Overlapping paths running in the same direction are filled; overlapping
paths running in opposite directions (counterclockwise and clockwise) are
transparent.