Using Toolbars; Distorting Objects - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual

FreeHand has several toolbars, which appear along the top, left, and bottom of the
Document window. The Xtra Tools, and Xtras Operations toolbars appear on the
left side of the Document window. The Main, Text, and Envelope toolbars appear
above the Document window. The Status toolbar (Windows) appears at the
bottom of the Document window. You can customize the location of the toolbars;
for more information, see "Customizing toolbars" on page 91.
You can also display information about the tools as the pointer passes over them;
see "Using tooltips" on page 79.
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The Main toolbar replicates many of the menu commands and lets you create,
open, save, or import documents; find and replace graphics; lock and unlock
objects; and display commonly used panels and inspectors. For more
information, see "Using toolbars" on page 74.
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The Xtra Tools toolbar contains drawing and transformation tools that are
plug-ins, which can be added and removed from the application. For more
information, see "Using and managing Xtras" on page 79.
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The Xtra Operations toolbar contains buttons for applying path operations. For
more information, see "Transforming and Distorting Objects" on page 195.
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The Text toolbar contains common text commands and lets you choose a font
and set font, text, word, and paragraph options. For more information, see
"The Text toolbar" on page 330.
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The Envelope toolbar has tools for applying envelope transformations to
objects or groups. For more information, see "Creating envelopes" on page 227.
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The Info toolbar gives information on selected objects, depending on the
object type and current action. Possible items included in this toolbar are the
object type, the pointer position, the change in an object's position, the object's
angle, the center of rotation, the radius, and the number of sides the object has.
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The Status toolbar (Windows) appears along the bottom of the Document
window. For more information, see "The Status toolbar" on page 77.
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To show or hide individual toolbars, choose Window > Toolbars and choose
the toolbar name.
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To show or hide all active toolbars, choose View > Toolbars.
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To show or hide the Tools panel, choose Window > Tools.