User Guide

Working with Objects 183

• EMF

• ASCII

• Metaﬁle

• Bitmap

• Device independent bitmap

To set copy format preferences:

1 Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Export.

2 In the Clipboard Copy Formats list (Windows) or Clipboard Output Formats

(Macintosh), select the formats you want FreeHand to use when copying to the

clipboard. Deselected formats are not available for copying.

3 In the Convert Colors To list, choose the color space you want for the

copied selection.

4 Click OK.

To set paste format preferences (Windows only):

1 Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Import.

2 In the Clipboard Paste Formats list, select the formats you want FreeHand to

choose from when pasting from the clipboard. Deselected formats are not

available for pasting.

3 Click OK.

Copying objects within a FreeHand document

You can create copies of an object within a FreeHand document by copying and

pasting with the Clipboard, dragging, cloning, or duplicating.

Copying by dragging can be disabled in preferences.

Cloning places a copy of the object on top of the original. Duplicating places a

copy of the object at a speciﬁed place near the original. You can also use power-

duplicating to repeat an object transformation as you make copies. For more

information, see “Power-duplicating” on page 224.

To copy a selected object within a FreeHand document:

1 Do one of the following to copy the object:

• Choose Edit > Copy to copy the selection according to the Clipboard Copy

Formats preferences.

• Choose Edit > Copy Special and choose a format in the Copy Special dialog box.