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Opening FreeHand 5 and later documents

Because some of FreeHand's features change between versions, some illustration attributes may change or be omitted when an illustration is converted. After converting a document from an earlier version, be sure it displays and prints properly before deleting the original document.

Converted FreeHand files appear in FreeHand 10 much as they did in earlier versions, with these exceptions:

In converted documents containing text attached to a path, the text always aligns to the beginning of the path.

When you open documents from earlier versions of FreeHand that contain filled open paths, the fill attributes are present in the Fill inspector; however, the fills may not display. To display the fill, you can select the Show Fill for New Open Paths option in object preferences, select the object, and reapply the fill.

Importing documents from FreeHand 5 into FreeHand 10 stores the colors as CMYK, even if the colors appear with RGB color names in the Swatches. FreeHand 8 and 9 store colors internally as CMYK, RGB, or Hexachrome (CMYKOG). FreeHand 5 stores colors as CMYK.

To convert a file from FreeHand version 5 or later:

Open the file in FreeHand 10.

The converted file's name becomes File name.FH10 (Windows) or File name (Converted) (Macintosh).