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FreeHand update overview

Products included in Macromedia Studio MX and those that are branded with the MX logo are designed to share common user interface elements and comply with a common set of standards. This improves cross product compatibility and increases efficiency. Read the following information for more details about the FreeHand update.

Note: If you purchased FreeHand 10 as part of the Macromedia Studio MX, you already have FreeHand 10.0.1 and do not need to read further.

Download and Installation

FreeHand 10.0.1 was not designed as an "updater". There is no small patch file to download and run. The installer is the full application installer. Because of this it's necessary to uninstall FreeHand 10.0 prior to installing FreeHand 10.0.1.

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What's new
Editable personal dictionary

With this option you can add, edit or remove items in the personal dictionary.

To edit your personal dictionary:

  1. There are two ways to access the Edit Personal Dictionary option.
    • From the Text menu
      1. Select Text> Spelling...
      2. Choose "Setup..."
      3. Choose "Edit Personal Dictionary..."
    • From the Preferences
      1. Select Edit> Preferences
        (Mac OS X users Select FreeHand> Preferences)
      2. Choose "Spelling"
      3. Choose "Edit Personal Dictionary..."
  3. You will be presented with a list of the words that have been added to the Personal Dictionary. Here you will be able to add, edit or remove words from the list.
    • To Add a word or a list of words to the list
      Note: Words in the dictionary can be separated by spaces, tabs or returns.
      • Manually type a new word in the list
      • Copy and paste from a list of words
    • To Edit a word simply edit the word as you would in FreeHand or other applications.
    • To Remove a word from the list simply select the word and press delete
Common Studio MX dictionary

In the current Studio MX family, Fireworks MX and Dreamweaver MX use a common shared dictionary. You can now point the revised FreeHand to this same dictionary.

To share the Studio MX dictionary:

  1. Follow Step 1 from above to open Preferences
  2. To the right of the Personal Dictionary path is a browse button indicated by three dots (...). Select the browse button and browse to:
    • Mac OS X
      OS X:User:username:Library:Application Support:Macromedia:Common:Personal Dictionary:Personal Dictionary.tlx
    • Mac OS 9.x
      In this version of the OS there is no common folder to have a shared file in. So you would need to create a common folder or designate one of the applications as the common application and define the preferences to point to that application. The path to the user dictionary file location is:
      hard drive:Applications:Macromedia FreeHand 10:userdic.tlx
    • Windows (all versions)
      C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Common\Personal Dictionary.tlx
Designed for Windows XP

With the release of the studio compliant FreeHand, FreeHand meets the requirements for Windows XP. Windows XP requires user specific data to be installed and maintained in the users folder. FreeHand 10 already meets similar requirements for Macintosh OS X.

  • English folder

    The English folder is the location of the preferences and other configuration files that FreeHand uses to remember the application is configured. In previous versions of FreeHand this folder was located in the FreeHand folder.
    With this release of FreeHand these files are now located at:

    C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\FreeHand\10\English

  • First Run folder

    The First Run folder is a new folder that has been added to this release of FreeHand. This folder contains the data file that will be copied to a users folder when they launch and exit FreeHand for the first time.

    Note: In a corporate environment this folder could be modified by the Administrator of the machine to include modifications like a corporate color library, default files etc. These changes would be installed in a new users folder and would make standardization much easier.

Studio MX serial number support

In addition to the FreeHand 10.0 serial numbers (FHW100-XXXXX... or FHM100-XXXXX...) Studio MX numbers (WSW600-XXXXX... or WSM600-XXXXX...) are now supported.

Tabbed panels

The way panels are displayed and arranged has changed. For more information about this change, see Grouping Panels in Macromedia Studio MX: FreeHand 10 (TechNote 16342).

Fixes

Below is a list of generalized performance issues that are addressed in the revised studio compliant FreeHand. Not all users will experience the issues listed. Most issues are dependent on several other variables:

  • Crash on Quit after selecting Xtra tools from the menu. (Macintosh)
  • Crash when dragging color chips into a gradient fill inspector for a blended object. (Macintosh)
  • Crash when attempting to use Test Movie (Flash Playback on Macintosh) from the Control menu.
  • Crash attempting a second paste of more than 256 bytes into the Navigation Inspector Notes field. (Macintosh)
  • Various crashes when testing movies. (Windows)
  • Crash when duplicating a symbol in a duplicated group.(Macintosh/Windows)
  • When the Knife tool is used twice to cut a closed object, the first cut is rejoined after the second cut is executed. (Macintosh/Windows)
  • Poor run time performance issues. (Windows)
  • Compound paths do not export properly to SWF.
  • Flash Movie navigation Actions get out of synch when empty layers are encountered. (Macintosh/Windows)
  • Lens fill with Snapshot checked doesn't convert to Flash correctly.
  • Lens fills with Center point on displays incorrectly when converted to Master Page.(Windows)
  • Guides fail to draw correctly on Master Pages when created after saving the file. (Macintosh/Windows)
  • Trace tool fails when set to Loose, 256 colors. (Macintosh/Windows)
  • Creating a new document fails if the a current open document is displayed at a zoom level and being previewed as a Flash movie.(Windows)
  • Text > Font menu disappears after using the Customize Toolbar dialog. (Macintosh)
  • View Magnification control on Status toolbar requires scrolling to see all entries. (Windows)
  • IPTC dialog allows incorrect data to be entered in country Code field. (Windows)
  • Measurement value in Print dialog does not match measurement value of document. (Windows)
  • Registration mark appears as question mark. (Windows)
Additional Information

This version of FreeHand will not run on Macintosh OS 8.6. You must have at least Macintosh OS 9.1 or greater to use FreeHand 10.0.1.



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