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Adding IPTC file information
You can use the File Info Xtra to include information, such as author, copyright, creation date,
headline, caption, and other data, with files you export from FreeHand. You add the file
information in FreeHand using the File Info dialog box. The information is preserved with
the file and can be viewed when the file is opened in an application that supports International
Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) data.
To add file information using the File Info Xtra:
1 With a file open in FreeHand, select Xtras > Other > File Info.
2 In the File Info dialog box, enter information in the Origin, Credits, Caption, and Categories
and Keywords sections.
Note: The IPTC determines data restrictions, including character limits, for the data text box in the File Info dialog
box. For detailed information, see IPTC documentation at www.iptc.org.
3 Click OK.
About export file formats
You can export graphics or text files in the most popular formats, including the following:
• As an ASCII or RTF text file
• As bitmap images in the BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, Targa, or PNG formats
• As bitmap images with layer information in Photoshop 5 (PSD) format
• As vector graphics in a variety of Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) formats, including DCS, for
export to other graphics applications or page layout applications
• As vector graphics in Windows Metafile (WMF) or Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format
(Windows only)
• As Macromedia Flash movies in SWF format, for display in a browser or in the Macromedia
Flash Player
• As FreeHand files, version 8, 9, or 10
• As Adobe Illustrator files, versions 1.1, 88, 3, 4, 5.x, and 7.x
• As PICT files (Macintosh only)
• As PDF (Portable Document Format) documents that can be displayed or printed with
Adobe Acrobat
• As RTF text (compatible with Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, PageMaker, QuarkXpress, and
other word processing applications)
Most formats are compatible across the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Refer to the table
that follows for the supported export file formats.