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System requirements

FreeHand runs on both Windows™ and Macintosh® operating systems. Their installers are found on separate CD-ROM disks. To install FreeHand and begin using the application, you will need the following hardware and software:

 
Windows

An Intel Pentium® processor or equivalent running Microsoft® Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT version 4, or Windows ME

RAM sufficient to meet your operating system's requirements plus 64 MB application memory

70 MB available hard disk space

A CD-ROM drive™

A color monitor capable of 800-by-600-pixel resolution and 256-color display (1024 x 768 and millions of colors recommended)

Adobe Type Manager Version 4 or later with Type 1 fonts (recommended)

A PostScript Level 2-compatible printer or later

 
Macintosh

PowerPC processor running System 8.6, 9.1, or OS X

RAM sufficient to meet your operating system's requirements plus 32 MB application memory

70 MB available hard disk space

A CD-ROM drive

A color monitor capable of 800-by-600-pixel resolution and 256-color display (1024 x 768 and millions of colors recommended)

Adobe Type Manager Version 4 or later with Type 1 fonts (recommended)

A PostScript Level 2-compatible printer or later

Note: To conserve disk space, FreeHand clip art is not copied to your local hard drive during installation. The clip art is located in the Clipart folder on your FreeHand CD-ROM and can be viewed using the viewer in the FreeHand folder.