User Guide

Setting Up Your Document 59
To set preferences that affect how FreeHand handles documents:
1 Display document preferences by doing one of the following:
• In Windows, press Control+U, then click the Document tab.
• On the Macintosh, press Command+U, then click the Document category.
2 Do any of the following:
• To open a document at the same magnification as when it was last saved, select Restore View
When Opening Document.
• To open a document in the same window size and at the same location as the last saved
document, select Remember Window Size and Location.
• To base new documents on a different template, select a template from the New Document
Template pop-up menu, or click the Ellipsis (…) button (Windows) or the Select button
(Macintosh) and locate another template file. For more information on using templates, see
“Using templates” on page 60.
• To review and save each open document when quitting the application, select Always Review
Unsaved Documents upon Exit (Windows) or Always Review Unsaved Documents upon
Quit (Macintosh).
• To locate broken links to graphics, select Search for Missing Links (Macintosh only).
• To restore your default preferences, Click Defaults.
3 Click OK.
Opening documents from previous versions of FreeHand
FreeHand MX can open documents created in FreeHand 8 and later versions.
Because some of the FreeHand 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, make sure FreeHand displays and prints it properly before you delete the
original document.
To convert a file from a previous version of FreeHand:
Open the file in FreeHand MX.
The converted file’s name becomes Filename.FH11 (Windows) or Filename (Converted)
(Macintosh).