User Guide

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To set the number of undo levels:
1 Display general preferences by doing one of the following:
• In Windows, press Control+U, then click the General tab.
• On the Macintosh, press Command+U, then click the General category.
2 Enter a value between 1 and 100 in the Undo’s text box. Setting the level to more than 10 uses
additional computer memory.
3 Click OK. For this change to take effect, you must close and reopen the document or open a
new document.
To revert to the last saved version of your file:
Select File > Revert, and then click Revert in the warning box. You cannot undo this action.
Changing default attributes
When no objects are selected in the workspace, the document’s default attributes are displayed in
the Object panel. Default attributes are defined by the currently selected style in the Styles panel.
You can modify these attributes in the Object panel, and all new objects that you subsequently
create will use the modified attributes, unless you select a different style before creating the
objects. (For more information about styles, see “Using styles” on page 301.)
Modifying the attributes for an object does not change the default attributes for the document.
You can change this behavior in FreeHand preferences, so that each time you modify an object’s
attributes, the default attributes are changed.
To change default attributes:
1 Select Edit > Select > None or press Tab to deselect all objects in your document.
2 Select Window > Object to display the Object panel if it’s not already displayed.
3 Make your changes to the default attributes.
For information about editing attributes in the Object panel, see “Using the Object panel” on
page 107.
To change default attributes by editing a selected object:
1 Display object preferences by doing one of the following:
• In Windows, press Control+U, then click the Object tab.
• On the Macintosh, press Command+U, then click the Object category.
2 Select the Changing Object Changes Defaults option to have changes to an object modify the
default attributes.
3 Click OK.