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Using toolbars
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.
You can also display information about the tools as the pointer passes over them; see Using tooltips.
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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. |
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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. |
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The Xtra Operations toolbar contains buttons for applying path operations. For more information, see Transforming and distorting objects overview. |
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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. |
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The Envelope toolbar has tools for applying envelope transformations to objects or groups. For more information, see Creating envelopes. |
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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. |
To show or hide toolbars, do one of the following:
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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. |
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