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FreeHand 9.0.1 Macintosh and 9.0.2 Windows Updater June 2000
The FreeHand 9.0.1/9.0.2 updater resolves issues with linked images, improves TIFF preview in EPS files, and enhances PDF and SWF export. FreeHand 9.0.2 also addresses problems with fonts that are output to a PostScript printer on Windows.

Installation
Updates
Macromedia Flash (SWF) export enhancements
PDF export improvements

Installation

Macintosh
1	If FreeHand 9.0 is running, choose File > Quit.
2	Double-click to launch the FreeHand 9 > 9.0.1 Updater file.
3	Follow the directions on the screen.
4	When the update is finished, start FreeHand and choose About FreeHand from the Apple menu. Verify that FreeHand Version 9.0.1 appears in the dialog box.

Windows
1	If FreeHand 9 is running, choose File > Exit.
2	Double-click to launch the FH9up.exe Updater file.
3	Follow the directions on the screen.
4	When the update is finished, start FreeHand and choose Help > About FreeHand. Verify that FreeHand Version 9.0.2 appears in the dialog box.

Updates

Windows and Macintosh
	Macromedia Flash SWF export now more accurately autotraces dashes when the Trace Dashed Strokes option is chosen in the Export Options dialog box.
	FreeHand page links are now supported when exporting as Flash (SWF).
	Redraw performance has been improved when checking or unchecking the visibility in the Layers panel.
	The Convert to Grayscale Xtra now associates all grays as tints of the Black plate on output.
	Opening the Edit > Links dialog box while a FreeHand 9 file (converted from FreeHand 8 with a linked image, then embedded in FreeHand 9) is open now allows the user to access and change the image link.
	Potential document corruption is detected and corrected by notifying the user when such corruption may occur, then recommending that the user save to a different file.
	Choosing Cancel after ungrouping a chart no longer causes errors.

Macintosh only
	The Fonts Toolbar pop-up menu now accurately lists all fonts available when the Toolbar is at the bottom of the screen.
	Performance when opening complex documents has been improved. Previously, the user might remove the URL Editor Xtra from the Xtras folder to increase performance. In FreeHand 9.0.1, the URL Editor panel only needs to be closed to achieve maximum performance.

Windows only
	Upper ASCII characters in Type One fonts now print correctly. Previously, certain characters in Type One fonts with Adobe encryption disappeared or switched to other characters when printing to PostScript printers.
	Type One fonts now print within the same width as their text containers, as shown onscreen. Previously, text using these fonts would print with more letter spacing.
	Font substitutes for Central and Eastern European Code Pages in Unicode fonts are now accessible on Windows 95 and Windows 98. These Code Pages are not available in FreeHand when running Windows NT4 or Windows 2000.

Macromedia Flash (SWF) Export
FreeHand 9.0.1/9.0.2 retains page links within the document when exported as Macromedia Flash (SWF). Using the URL Editor, the user can assign a page link from an object to any page in the document. When exported to Macromedia Flash (SWF), these page links are retained, allowing the user to output and navigate within the same SWF document generated from FreeHand.

To use page links to create a presentation in Macromedia Flash (SWF) export do the following:

1	Create a FreeHand 9 document with multiple pages and objects on each page.
2	Choose Window > Xtras > URL Editor.
3	Select an object on page one and click another page number in the URL Editor.
4	Select objects and apply page links as desired.
5	Export to Macromedia Flash (SWF) format with the Autoplay option unchecked and Animate set to animate "Pages" or "Layers and Pages". This creates a Flash file with an associated "Go to and Stop frame" action as defined in the Macromedia Flash 4 application. When you view the resulting Flash file in the Flash player or your browser, clicking on an object will take you to its link page.

To use page links to create a presentation with "Load Movie" functionality in Flash export do the following:

Create a FreeHand 9 document with multiple pages.

	The first page should be the shell inside which the other pages will display.
	Subsequent pages may be animated or static. For more information on creating animated SWF files, look up Exporting Flash Animation in the index of the manual, Using FreeHand, or consult FreeHand Help.

Choose Window > Xtras > URL Editor.

Select an object on page one and click another page number in the URL Editor.

Select objects and apply page links as desired.

Export to Macromedia Flash (SWF) format with the Autoplay option unchecked and Animate set to animate "Layers" or "None".

This creates a SWF file from the first page with an associated "Load Movie" action as defined in the Macromedia Flash 4 application. FreeHand produces separate SWF files from each of the subsequent pages. The movies from these pages are generated to play on top of the initially loaded movie.

When you view the resulting SWF file from the first FreeHand page in the Macromedia Flash player or your browser, clicking on an object will take you to its link page by loading the SWF file created from the page associated with the link.

PDF export
FreeHand 9.0.1/9.0.2 retains page links within the document when exported as PDF. Using the URL Editor, the user can assign a page link from an object to any page in the document. When exported to PDF, these page links are retained, allowing the user to output and navigate within the same document. PDFs exported from FreeHand retain the page links when reopened in FreeHand as well.