MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 242

Choose Edit > Preferences. Click General.
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Select Remember Layer Info, and click OK.
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Select an object in the source document and choose Edit > Cut or Edit > Copy.
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Open the destination document and choose Edit > Paste.
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If the layer name in the destination document is the same as the one in the
original document, then FreeHand places the object on that layer. Otherwise,
a new layer is created.
When you've finished creating your artwork, you can merge layers to conserve
file space and streamline your document. You cannot merge the Guides layer
with other layers.
In the Layers panel, select the layers you want to merge. Select discontiguous
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layers by Control-clicking (Windows) or Command-clicking (Macintosh), or
select a range of contiguous layers by Shift-clicking.
The layers are merged onto the bottom layer.
Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Layers panel to display the
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Options pop-up menu, and choose Merge Selected Layers.
Objects on merged layers retain their stacking order relative to one another.
Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Layers panel to display the
Options pop-up menu, and choose how to merge the layers:
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To merge selected layers into a single layer, choose Merge Selected Layers.
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To merge all foreground layers into a single layer, choose Merge Foreground Layers.
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