MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 379

Select the objects that you want to animate. A nested object included in a
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group behaves as a single object.
Choose Window > Panels > Layers to display the Layers panel.
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The Layers panel will display new layers as you create them in the following steps.
Choose Xtras > Animate > Release to Layers.
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For Animate, choose animation effects to determine how objects are
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released to layers:
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Select Sequence to release objects in sequence to separate layers.
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Select Build to create a stacking effect by copying objects in sequence to
subsequent layers. For example, if you have a group of two objects, the first
object is placed on Layer 1, and a copy of the first and second objects are
placed on Layer 2.
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Select Drop to copy objects to all layers but omit one object in sequence from
each layer. For example, if you select a group of three objects, the second and
third objects are placed on Layer 1, the first object and a copy of the third
object are placed on Layer 2, and copies of the second and third objects are
placed on Layer 3.
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Select Trail to copy and release objects to the number of layers you specify.
Objects are copied incrementally to the specified number of layers. Enter a
number for Trail By to specify the number of layers on which objects will be
copied. For example, enter 4 for Trail By to copy each object in the 4 layers
following the layer that contains the object.
Select Reverse Direction to release the objects in reverse stacking order and
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animate the sequence in the opposite direction.
Select Use Existing Layers to release objects to existing layers, beginning with
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the current layer. Deselect the option to release objects to new layers created
by the Xtra.
If you chose Use Existing Layers, select Send to Back to release the objects to
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the back of the stacking order.
Click OK.
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