Getting Started

Tutorial

FreeHand Basics

Setting up Your Document

Drawing

Working with Objects

Transforming and Distorting Objects

Using Layers, Symbols, and Styles

Color, Strokes, and Fills

Color Management

Using Type
  Using type overview
  Creating text
  Working with text blocks
  Moving, deleting, and resizing text blocks
  Converting fixed-size or auto-expanding text blocks
  Importing text
  Selecting text
  Linking text blocks
  Editing text
  Using the Text Editor
  Inserting special characters
  Checking spelling
  Hyphenating text
  Using smart quotes
  Finding and replacing text
  About the type adjustment tools
  The Text toolbar
  The Text menu
  The Text inspector
  The Text context menu (Windows)
  Setting precise type specifications
  Choosing a font, type size, and style
  Converting type case
  Setting alignment, leading, range kerning, and baseline shift
  Spacing characters and words precisely
  Selecting, finding, and replacing type attributes
  Setting tabs, indents, and margins
  Setting tabs
  Setting paragraph indents, paragraph spacing, margins, and insets
  Aligning paragraphs and adding paragraph rules
  Aligning paragraphs
  Adding paragraph rules
  Applying color to text and text blocks
  Copying text attributes
  Working with columns, rows, and tables
  Creating columns and rows
  Balancing columns of text
  Using paragraph styles
  Creating and editing paragraph styles
  Applying styles
  Overriding and redefining styles
  Applying text effects
  Attaching text to paths
  Aligning text on a path
  Flowing text inside a path
  Detaching text from a path
  Wrapping text around objects
  Working with inline graphics
  Positioning inline graphics
  Applying built-in special effects
  Converting text to paths

Creating Web Graphics and Animation

Printing

Saving and Exporting Files

Troubleshooting