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DEMO VERSION OF FREEHAND 5.0 FOR WINDOWS
October 1995

The FreeHand 5.0 Demo allows you to explore most of the
functionality of FreeHand 5.0 with the following exceptions:

1. Please note that you cannot "Save," "Save As," or "Export"
in this version.

2. Also, "Copy" does not copy any data to the clipboard, so
you cannot copy anything out of this version into any other
program.

3. None of the OLE menu items will be enabled.

4. Both PostScript and non-PostScript printing documents
will print with a banner at the top and bottom of each page.

We hope that you'll become a FreeHand enthusiast and tell
others of the quality performance and impressive capabilities
of the best graphic design tool on the market.

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FREEHAND 5.0 README
October 1995

As you begin using FreeHand you will notice many excellent additions
that put the fun back into illustration. We can't resist improving
FreeHand up until the last minute, and since our goal is to keep you
informed of our product, we've included in this ReadMe some
important information you might need:

INSTALLING FREEHAND
UNINSTALLING
USING FREEHAND
PRINTING
IMPORTING/EXPORTING

INSTALLING FREEHAND

Installing the CD version of FreeHand:
When installing FreeHand, look in the FreeHand directory on the CD
drive and double-click on SETUP.EXE. FreeHand supports Windows
3.11 (with Win32s installed), Windows NT 3.51 (build 1057 and
later), and Win95.

Creating a disk set from the FreeHand CD:
When creating a disk set of FreeHand from the CD, Disk 1 must contain
the following files: FH5AE.001, README.TXT, SETUP.EXE and DISK.ID. Place
two files on each disk thereafter: the respective FH5AE installer file
(FH5AE.002, FH5AE.003, etc.) and a copy of the DISK.ID file. There are a
total of six FH5AE installer files.

Installing FreeHand over a network:
FreeHand can be installed over a network, for organizations that
purchase multiple copies. Drag the installer files into a directory on
your network hard disk. Double-click or run SETUP.EXE to begin the
installation. If you are running Win95, you first must use Windows
Explorer to map the drive from which you are installing FreeHand.

Installing Win32s on Windows 3.11:
The FreeHand installer detects which version of Windows is running
on your system. If your Windows 3.11 system lacks Win32s, at the end
of the installation process, the installer will notify you that it will
install Win32s. Although the installer gives you the option to quit the
installation before installing Win32s, you MUST have Win32s in
Windows 3.11 to run FreeHand. After Win32s is installed, the Win32s
directory (containing the disk images) in C:\FH5 can be deleted to free
hard drive space. Disk images are not the actual Win32s system.

Installing FreeHand or Win32s on Windows 3.11 with a read-only system
directory:
If your Windows 3.11 system directory is read-only, you will receive a
message upon installation instructing you to place a file CTL3D32.DLL
in your system directory to enable 3D controls in FreeHand. For best
results, the status of your system directory should not be read-only
when you install FreeHand or Win32s.

"Missing" CTL3D32.DLL file at launch of FreeHand:
In Windows NT, you may receive an error message when you launch FreeHand
stating that FreeHand is not installed correctly or that FreeHand cannot
locate the file CTL3D32.DLL. To remedy this, first copy the file CTL3D32.DL_
from the C:\FH5 directory and move it to your operating system directory.
Using the File\Rename command in the File Manager, rename the file
CTL3D32.DLL. Then, launch FreeHand.


UNINSTALLING

Uninstalling Win32s:
1) In the SYSTEM.INI file, make the following edits:
     a) Remove the following line from the [386Enh] section:
        DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S\W32S.386
     b) Modify the drivers line in the [BOOT] section to remove the
     reference to WINMM16.DLL by changing:
        DRIVERS=MMSYSTEM.DLL WINMM16.DLL
     to read:
        DRIVERS=MMSYSTEM.DLL
     Note that your drivers line may contain a reference to a third or
     fourth device. DO NOT remove anything except WINMM16.DLL.

2) Exit Windows, and in DOS, go to your Windows System directory
   (C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM):
     a) Delete the Win32s directory files by typing DEL WIN32S.
     b) Delete the following files in your Windows System directory:
        W32SYS.DLL
        WIN32S16.DLL
        WIN32S.INI
        WINMM16.DLL

Removing FreeHand files:
If you wish to discard any of the FreeHand files after installation, there
is a complete list of all the files FreeHand installed in LOGFILE.TXT in
the C:\FH5 directory.


USING FREEHAND

Preferences:
The FreeHand Preferences file named FHPREFS.TXT is located in the
C:\FH5 directory. To restore the default preferences, simply delete the
Preferences file and launch FreeHand.

Disabling auto-expanding text blocks to apply text:
When FreeHand 5.0 is installed for the first time, it enables a number
of new features and updates from FreeHand 4.0. One of these new
features is the auto-expanding text container. This feature allows text
blocks to automatically resize as text is added or removed. This feature
is especially useful when titling both horizontally and vertically. There
are tradeoffs, however, in that you cannot apply alignment afterward.

To apply alignment, you can disable auto-expanding in a FreeHand 5 text
block (creating a FreeHand 4 style text block) in one of three ways:

a) Re-select the text block and double-click the two hollow (or white)
anchor points on the right and bottom boundaries of the block. This
allows you to manipulate the text block as though it were a fixed size
text block created by clicking and dragging the text tool.

b) Select the text block with the pointer tool. In the Object Inspector,
click the right expanding button and the downward expanding button,
both located to the right of the width and height measurements, so that
they are no longer highlighted. This produces the same effect as
method "a" above.

c) To disable auto-expanding text blocks as a default, go to the
Preferences dialog. Select the category Editing\Text, and deselect the
box that says "New default-sized text containers auto-expand." This
disables the auto-expanding text block feature, causing all new text
containers to behave as they would in FreeHand 4.

Setting Win95 user interface to accommodate FreeHand palette names:
Using some system fonts may result in truncated FreeHand palette
names. To correct this problem, we recommend that you select the MS
Sans Serif font and that in the Control Panel\Display
Properties\Appearance dialog, you set both the Active Title Bar and
the font size to their minimums: "15" for the Active Title Bar and "8"
for the font size.

Text Editor:
Please note that the Text Editor dialog has no check box for 12-point
black as the online help suggests. The text will always display the
Windows default font (usually Arial).

New right mouse button preference:
FreeHand now accommodates the right mouse button pop-up
magnification menu when "Right mouse button magnification menu"
is selected in the category Editing\General of the Preferences dialog.

Status of toolbox upon relaunch of FreeHand:
If you leave the Toolbox zipped upon exiting FreeHand, when you
relaunch FreeHand, the Toolbox may appear unzipped in the location
where you left it. FreeHand remembers the location but not the status
of the Toolbox even if you have selected "Remember location of zipped
palettes" in the Preferences dialog.


PRINTING

Recommended PostScript Printer Drivers:
FreeHand will print successfully with many PostScript printer drivers,
but for best results try these:

* For Win32s, we recommend Microsoft Windows PostScript Printer
Driver 3.5.8 or Adobe PostScript Printer Driver 2.1.1.
* For Windows NT, we recommend Microsoft PostScript Printer
Driver 3.5.
* For Win95, we recommend PostScript Printer Driver 4.0, jointly
developed by Microsoft and Adobe.

PS2Mac Program:
Included with the full version of FreeHand is a program that allows
Windows FreeHand PostScript files to print across Macintosh printer
drivers (to imagesetters).

UserPrep files:
UserPrep files are included with the full version of FreeHand to make
printing to certain PostScript devices easier.

Using manual feed on Win95 and Windows NT:
When running Win95 or Windows NT, selecting "Use default" instead
of "Use PPD information" under "Output Device Setup" in the Print
Options dialog is the only way to set up your printer to use manual
feed.

Linotronic imagesetters:
FreeHand may show the following PostScript error when used with a
Linotronic Imagesetter.

%%invalid access[offending command: put] for postscript level 1 Rips
%%invalid access[offending command: findfont] for postscript level 2
Rips

To fix this, re-download all the fonts to the RIP's hard drive using the
Linotronic Font downloader 2.5.4 or later. You only have to do this
once. Be sure to use the TIME button instead of SPACE.

Linotronic Imagesetters using the RIP 60 may cause the yellow plate to
posterize upon separation. To correct this problem, set the maximum
color steps to 255 in the Output Options dialog.


IMPORTING/EXPORTING

Opening CorelDraw (cdr) files:
FreeHand 5 is the first major drawing application that can open and
convert files created with CorelDraw 5. While FreeHand does a good
job at converting most CorelDraw elements, you should be aware that
the conversion process is not perfect, and you are bound to come
across files that do not convert exactly into FreeHand. In fact, since
FreeHand and CorelDraw do not have an exact feature set
correspondence, a perfect conversion of every file will never be
possible. Nevertheless, for the future we are committed to improving
the conversion process and expect to support even more components of
CorelDraw 5 and CorelDraw 6 files.

To summarize, paths, text, colors, strokes, and the most commonly
used fills convert exactly into FreeHand with no noticeable differences.
But certain other effects and information, including the more esoteric
fills which have no FreeHand counterparts, will not appear in
FreeHand.

For your reference, we have included this list of known file conversion
limitations. We hope that awareness of these issues will help you
determine which of your files will make the transition from CorelDraw
most easily.

* 3D objects with a light source applied convert with solid fills.
* Style information does not convert.
* Custom arrowheads convert to a standard FreeHand arrowhead.
* Colors automatically appear in FreeHand's Color List, but only in
CMYK values and not with any text names you might have assigned
to them in Corel. Process colors appear with the correct CMYK
values. However, spot colors appear with incorrect CMYK values. You
can redefine the spot colors; then, all objects assigned these particular
colors will be "re-colored."
* Multicolor fills convert as two-color fills.
* Powerlines and lens effects convert as solid fills.
* Bitmapped textures, pattern fills, PostScript fills, and conical fills
convert as objects without fills.
* Text on a path converts as a path and a text object. To rejoin these in
FreeHand, select both the text container and the path, and choose
"Bind To Path" from the Type menu. This semi-automatic approach
was taken since FreeHand's superior typography will usually result in
different text flows around the path, requiring manual adjustment.
* Columns, tabs, underlines, text style sheets, some special characters,
indenting, and enveloped text convert as text without those attributes.
As with text on a path, this semi-automatic approach was taken
because FreeHand's attention to typographic details usually results in
different line breaks than CorelDraw, requiring some manual
attention.
* Embedded BMPs, TIFFs and EPSs convert as objects with no fill.
* Guides and masked objects (paste insides) do not convert.
* From a Corel document, multiple pages (up to four (4)) import, but
in reverse order.
* Depending upon page setup options in Corel, some objects may
appear off the pasteboard in FreeHand. To view all objects, Select All
and drag the selection to the center of the pasteboard.
* The color of an imported Corel document, opened in FreeHand, may
appear dimmer than the original color. Open the Layers palette and
note the bar that separates the fully visible and printable layers from
the dimmed and non-printable layers. Move this bar so that the layers
of the imported Corel document are listed above this bar in the Layers
palette. Doing so may remedy the color's appearance.
* Do not use pattern fills when exporting EPSs to use in CorelDraw6.

Appearance of CGM files:
When you open or place CGM files in FreeHand, filled objects with a
small stroke of the same color appear to have a stroke of a different
color; the stroke and the fill are actually the same color. This is due to
the dithering of the color of the stroke. At high magnifications the
color no longer dithers, so the stroke and the fill appear the same. If
you select the stroke color and drop it into the Color Mixer well, it will
have the same CMYK values as the fill color. Furthermore, printing
the document yields a stroke and a fill of the same color.


For additional assistance, contact FreeHand Technical Support in the
United States at 1-415-252-9080.

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