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Creating and opening documents

When you create a new document, it is based on the default document template. To learn more about templates, see Using templates.

You can open a multipage document, make changes to it, and then save the document. For easy access, the four most recently saved documents appear in the File > Open Recent menu. When you quit FreeHand, you have a chance to review any unsaved documents.

You can set document preferences to determine the view and page placement that a document will have when it’s opened. For more information on setting preferences, see Using preferences.

In addition to opening FreeHand documents, FreeHand can open files of many other types, including Adobe Illustrator files, versions 1.1 through 9.

FreeHand allows you to have as many documents open at a time as you like. The only limitation is your system’s own memory capacity.

To create a new document, do one of the following:

	Select File > New.
	Click the New button in the Main toolbar.

To open an existing document:

1	Select File > Open or click the Open button in the Main toolbar.
2	Locate the file to open, and click Open.

To switch between open documents:

In the Window menu, select the name of the document to display.

To close a file and quit FreeHand:

1	Select File > Exit (Windows) or File > Quit (Macintosh).
	Note: In Mac OS X, select FreeHand > Quit FreeHand.
2	If you have not yet saved or named the file, an alert dialog box appears. To save the file, click Review, and then click Yes (Windows) or Save (Macintosh).
3	Enter a name in the Name text box (if needed), and click Save.

For more information on saving files, see Saving files.

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.
	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.