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To get the most out of working in Macromedia FreeHand MX, it’s helpful to familiarize yourself with the FreeHand workspace, which includes the Document window, command menus at the top of your screen, tools and panels for editing and adding objects, and the pasteboard in which you create your artwork.
You can add more commands to the menus by installing software applications called plug-ins, and you can add and rearrange tools in toolbars by customizing your work environment.
There are two ways to easily create special effects in Macromedia FreeHand MX. Live special effects, available in the Object panel, change the appearance of an object while keeping the object itself intact. Other commands and tools in FreeHand let you create special effects by manipulating objects in ways that change their paths, fills, or other properties.
Master pages allow you to easily apply consistent page layouts in a document. You can define page attributes on a master page, as well as place text and graphics on it, and then apply these attributes to some or all of the pages in your document. You can create more than one master page in a document.
Note: You can also use templates to create documents with predefined page layouts. For more information, see Using templates.
You can create a new master page or convert a current document page to a master page. When you create a new master page, it takes on the page size, orientation, and bleed settings of the current page in the document; you can then change these settings if you wish. When you convert a document page to a master page, the elements on the document page are placed on the master page.
You can manage master pages in the same way you manage graphic symbols, using the Library panel. You can group, duplicate, rename, and delete master pages, and you can hide or show them in the Library panel. For more information on the Library panel, see Using the Library panel.
You can export master pages to use them with other documents, and import master pages from other documents for use with the current document. Information about master pages is also included in a document report. For more information, see Printing.
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