Setting Up Your Document; Using The Document Panel - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX 11 Use Manual

When you begin your Macromedia FreeHand MX project, you can choose among various
document settings to best meet your design and final output requirements. You use the
Document panel to set page options such as page size and orientation, bleed value, and final
output resolution. You can also use the Document panel to define custom page sizes. You can
create templates to use as defaults for creating new documents. You can also create master pages to
create a consistent look throughout a document.
To aid in aligning and placing objects in your documents, you can set up guides, grids, and page
rulers. You can also set the unit of measure for your document.
If you open or import a document that uses fonts not installed on your system, FreeHand allows
you to replace the missing fonts.
In Windows, you can quickly begin a project and simplify your workflow using FreeHand
wizards, which are interactive screens that guide you through and simplify a variety of tasks.

Using the Document panel

The Document panel displays a miniature representation of the pasteboard, with thumbnail icons
for each page in your document. You can use the Document panel to add and remove pages or set
page attributes, such as size, orientation, and bleed, as well as to set document attributes such as
target printer resolution. By dragging thumbnails of pages in the Document panel, you can move
the corresponding pages on the pasteboard.
To display the Document panel, do one of the following:
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Select Window > Document.
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Click the Document tab in the Properties panel group if it is visible.
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Click the Document panel button in the Main toolbar.
Note: The Document panel button does not appear by default when you open FreeHand. To add the button to
your Main toolbar, see "Customizing toolbars" on page 38.

Setting Up Your Document

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