User Guide

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To change the default template:
1 Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Document.
2 For New Document Template, enter the file name of the new default template.
3 Click OK.
Creating a new default template
Using the default template, you can apply document-level defaults to control
settings in documents as a whole. You can apply object-level defaults to the default
template to control settings for selected objects.
To create a new default template:
1 Choose File > New.
2 Modify the document.
For example, you can change the page size, default colors in the color list,
default font size, and magnification, and save these with the template.
3 Choose File > Save As.
4 Choose the FreeHand Template format from the Save as Type pop-up
menu (Windows) or FreeHand Template from the Format pop-up
menu (Macintosh).
5 Name the file and save it in the English folder within the FreeHand application
folder. In Windows, an FT10 extension is added to the file name.
Note: To ensure that the template file name matches the default template name, choose
Edit > Preferences, click Document, and verify that the name entered under New
Document Template matches the file name you just saved.