Aldus Corporation
Aldus FreeHand 4.0 ReadMe for Microsoft Windows
June 1994

This ReadMe contains information that supplements the printed and 
online materials. 

The ReadMe is organized in the following sections:

 1. Installation considerations
 2. Network copy detection (NCD)
 3. Online Help
 4. Sample illustrations
 5. Corrections to the Aldus FreeHand 4.0 User Manual
 6. EPS file issues
 7. Text
 8. Fonts
 9. Compatibility issues when transferring files between programs
10. Using keyboard shortcuts
11. Printing issues
12. Troubleshooting program startup


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1. INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
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1.1 Aldus FreeHand 4.0 and PageMaker 5.0 
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You can install both Aldus FreeHand 4.0 and PageMaker 5.0 on the 
same machine, without problems. They use the same spelling and 
hyphenation dictionaries. 

1.2 Aldus FreeHand 4.0 and PageMaker 4.0 
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You can install Aldus FreeHand 4.0 on a machine that has 
PageMaker 4.0 installed, without problems. The Aldus FreeHand 4.0 
Installer installs updated dictionaries that PageMaker 4.0 and 
Aldus FreeHand 4.0 can share. 

We do not recommend, however, that you install PageMaker 4.0 on 
a machine that already has Aldus FreeHand 4.0 or PageMaker 5.0 
installed. PageMaker 4.0 installs and uses an earlier dictionary 
format, which does not work with Aldus FreeHand 4.0 or PageMaker 5.0. 

1.3 Fonts for Sample illustrations 
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To display the ALDUS.FH4 illustration with the correct fonts, 
install these fonts using Adobe Type Manager (ATM):
• BodoniAntT,BOLD
• FuturTLig
• FuturTExtBol
• FuturTLig,ITALIC

Both ATM and the fonts are included in the ATM envelope in the Aldus
FreeHand 4.0 product box. See the "ATM Quick Install Card" included 
in the ATM envelope.


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2. NETWORK COPY DETECTION (NCD)
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2.1 About network copy detection 
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Network copy detection (NCD) is included in this release of Aldus 
FreeHand. Network administrators benefit from this feature, which 
helps them ensure that users on the network are operating Aldus
FreeHand 4.0 within the legal rights granted by the Aldus Licensing 
Agreement.

2.2 Working with network copy detection
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The Aldus FreeHand 4.0 license agreement permits one person to use 
a purchased copy of Aldus FreeHand at one time. Refer to the 
license agreement card in the Aldus FreeHand 4.0 box for details.

For additional licenses, contact:
Aldus Customer Services
(800) 628-2320 (US and Canadian customers)
or contact an Aldus distributor or dealer in your country.

You are responsible for ensuring that Aldus FreeHand 4.0 is used in 
accordance with the software license agreement. If you have a Novell
Netware network (version 2.15 or later), Aldus FreeHand's built-in
network copy detection helps you ensure legal usage at your site.

Each copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 has a unique identification number 
that identifies it on a Novell network. (Copies of Aldus 
FreeHand 4.0 installed from the same disk set have the same 
network identification number.) When a copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 
licensed for a single-user is started, its network identification 
number is broadcast over the network in a semaphore. Users starting 
an additional copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 with the same network 
identification number will be required to exit Aldus FreeHand 4.0 
immediately.

If your copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 is licensed for multiple users, 
the network identification number is logged in the server bindery 
along with the number of legal users allowed for that copy. Each 
time a copy with the same network identification number is started, 
the number of legal users is decreased by one. If a user starts a 
copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 when the number of legal users has been 
decreased to zero, that user will be required to exit Aldus 
FreeHand 4.0 immediately. (If they have been working in Aldus 
FreeHand 4.0 before they logged on to the network, they are allowed 
to save their work.)

As soon as a user exits Aldus FreeHand 4.0, the number of legal 
users for that copy increases by one. If there is a system crash 
or a power failure, the user's session is not cleared from the 
server bindery until that user starts Aldus FreeHand 4.0 again 
from the same machine and then exits.

2.3 Enabling network copy detection (Novell users only)
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WINBUMPS allows you to enable the network server to track multiple 
copies of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 using NCD. WINBUMPS is installed in the
ALDUS\USENGLSH\UTILITY directory when you install Aldus FreeHand 4.0.

Note: You do not need to enable the network server for NCD if you 
purchased a copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 licensed for a single-user.

WINBUMPS uses Novell-supplied application calls (APIs) to add an 
object (ALDUSNCD) to your server's bindery. These application calls 
are the same calls the supervisor's software uses to add new users 
and information to the bindery. (If you want, you can back up the 
server bindery before you begin.)

The ALDUSNCD object tracks information about users: their network 
card identification number, their Aldus FreeHand 4.0 network 
identification number, and the maximum number of users permitted to 
run the same copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 at once. You can retrieve 
this information from the server bindery with the WINBUMPS program. 
See "Monitoring network copy detection" below for details.

To enable the network server:
1. Restart your computer and log on to 
   the network. 
2. Start Windows (3.1 or later).
3. Double-click WINBUMPS.EXE in the ALDUS\USENGLSH\UTILITY 
   directory on your hard disk.
4. Choose "Show Preferred" from the Server menu 
   to confirm the name of the network server. If the 
   network server shown is not correct, run the 
   Windows File Manager and detach all network servers 
   except the one you want to enable. The network 
   server you enable for NCD is the same server on 
   which network users log in.
5. Choose "Enable Preferred" from the Server menu to 
   enable the network server for NCD.
6. Exit WINBUMPS.

2.4 Monitoring network copy detection (Novell users only)
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If your copy of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 is licensed for multiple users, 
you can use the WINBUMPS program to get a list of current Aldus 
FreeHand users from the server bindery. If you haven't done so 
already, you'll need to enable the network server for NCD following 
the instructions listed in "Enabling network copy detection" earlier
in this file.

To generate a report of current users:
1. Restart your computer. 
2. Start Windows (3.1 or later).
3. Double-click WINBUMPS.EXE in the ALDUS\USENGLSH\UTILITY 
   directory on your hard disk. 
4. Choose "Show Preferred" from the Server menu to 
   confirm the name of the network server. If the 
   network server shown is not correct, run the 
   Windows File Manager and detach all network 
   servers except the one you want to check. 
5. Choose "Log Info to File" from the File menu.
6. Specify a name and directory location where you 
   want the log file to be saved, and then click "OK."
7. Exit WINBUMPS.

A list of the users of all Aldus products that use NCD, the network 
identification number associated with each open copy of an Aldus 
product, and the identification number of the network card in each 
workstation is saved to the log file. To view the results, open the 
log file in a text-editing program such as Windows Notepad.

2.5 What to do if you get an alert message
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Immediately save your illustration, and then exit Aldus FreeHand 4.0.
If you do not save and exit, you may lose unsaved changes to your 
illustration. You can restart Aldus FreeHand 4.0 as soon as the 
other users exit the identical copies.

2.6 Installing individual copies on workstations on a network
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Installation of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 on a networked workstation is 
identical to installation on a non-networked workstation. Follow 
the procedures outlined in the "Quick Install Card" or refer to the
installation section in "Aldus FreeHand 4.0 Getting Started."

Do not install the same disk set on multiple workstations; this will
trigger the NCD alert. To avoid this, add concurrent users of 
Aldus FreeHand 4.0 as described in section 2.2. 

If you are setting up a license pack or additionally purchased 
copies of the program on a network, note which disk sets are used 
to install Aldus FreeHand 4.0 on which workstations. If you need to 
reinstall the program later, you must use the same disk set used 
for the original installation.


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3. ONLINE HELP 
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3.1 Online Help
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To use online Help, choose a command from the Help menu. 

You can bypass the Help menu and go directly to the relevant screen 
by using context-sensitive Help. To get help for a menu command, 
press Shift+F1. When a question mark accompanies the cursor, choose 
the command for which you want help. 

Complete keyboard shortcuts are provided in online Help, which you 
can print. To print Help, choose "Print Topic" from the File menu 
in the topic you want to print.


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4. SAMPLE ILLUSTRATIONS
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The following sample illustrations were created in Aldus FreeHand 
and are included with the program: 
• ALDUS.FH4
• GUDE.FH4
• GIOBBI.FH4
• VIEBAHN.FH4
• COWDEN.FH4
• HORNANDE.FH4
• LOMBART.FH4
• FESTA.FH4

The first seven illustrations were produced by designers for their 
clients and are featured in printed form in the "Aldus FreeHand 4.0 
User Manual." Information on the pasteboard of each electronic file 
suggests how you might investigate the illustrations construction. 
Please respect the artists copyrights and use these images for 
instructional viewing only, not for printing.

The ALDUS.FH4 illustration, the tutorials FESTA.FH4 illustration, 
and portions of the VIEBAHN.FH4 illustration were created in Aldus 
FreeHand 4.0. All other sample illustrations were created in earlier 
versions of Aldus FreeHand and converted to version 4.0. 

To open a sample illustration:
1. Install Aldus FreeHand 4.0, the Sample illustrations, 
   and these fonts: BodoniAntT,BOLD, FuturTLig, 
   FuturTExtBol, and FuturTLig,ITALIC. 
2. In the FH4ART directory in the FH4 directory, 
   double-click the illustration file you want to open. 
3. Select "Better (but slower) display" in the 
   "Preferences" dialog box for high-resolution display 
   of the illustration. 

Note: On the "Color list" palette in two illustrations--LOMBART.FH4 
and GUDE.FH4--you'll see Aldus FreeHand's default colors in two 
languages.


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5. CORRECTIONS TO THE ALDUS FREEHAND 4.0 USER MANUAL
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5.1 Page 102: "Importing and exporting colors"
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In addition to the color-matching libraries listed in the User Manual,
you can choose from two more predefined libraries: 
• Greys--includes tints of black from 1 to 99% in both 
  spot and process color models.
• Crayon--includes the colors found in a typical 64-color 
  box of crayons.

Both libraries are included as examples of custom libraries, which 
have a filename that ends with an .ACF extension. Unlike a color-
matching library, which has a filename that ends with a .BCF 
extension, a custom library is an ASCII text file that you can 
open and edit in a text editor.

5.2 Page 188: "OLE: Object linking and embedding (Windows)"
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When you want to paste an Aldus FreeHand 4.0 object into another 
program as an OLE-linked object, be sure to save the Aldus FreeHand 
illustration in which you created the object before you copy the 
object to the Clipboard. If you do not save the illustration, the 
object will not link to the destination program.

5.3 Page 201: "To convert an earlier-version illustration to 
version 4.0"
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To convert an Aldus FreeHand 3.x file in Windows, after Step 1 choose
"FreeHand 3.0/3.1 files" in the "List files of type" drop-down list. 
Then continue with Step 2.

5.4 Page 166-167: "Simulating a transparent object"
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An easier technique for simulating transparency was added to the 
program after the User Manual was printed. 

To simulate a transparent path:
1. Select two closed, overlapping paths that have 
   "Basic" fills applied to them. 
2. Press Alt as you choose "Intersect" from the 
   "Path operations" submenu on the Arrange menu.
3. Specify the opacity of the object in front, and 
   then click "OK." Aldus FreeHand creates a new object 
   in front of the two overlapping objects.


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6. EPS FILE ISSUES 
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If you created an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file using the 
Windows version of Aldus FreeHand 4.0 (or another Windows or MS-DOS
program), transferred it to the Macintosh, and you cannot locate the
file using the "Open..." or "Place..." command in Aldus FreeHand 4.0
for the Macintosh, make sure the filename ends with an ".EPS" 
extension.

An EPS file created in Aldus FreeHand 4.0, with the Aldus FreeHand 
illustration embedded, cannot be placed in an illustration created 
in Aldus FreeHand 2.0 for the Macintosh.

An EPS file created in Aldus FreeHand 4.0, with the Aldus FreeHand 
illustration embedded, cannot be opened in Aldus PrePrint 1.5.1 for 
the Macintosh.

To open an Aldus FreeHand 4.0 file in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe 
Dimensions, use the Adobe Illustrator 3.0 export format. 


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7. TEXT 
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7.1 Converting text to paths
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If text overflows a text block, and you convert the text to paths, 
only the visible text is converted to paths. The rest of the text 
is lost. To avoid losing text, resize the text block or copyfit to 
see the remaining text before converting to paths. 

7.2 Overprinting text
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By default, Aldus FreeHand overprints black text. 

To manually control overprinting of text, or to overprint text that 
is not black:
1. Select the Text tool, then select the text 
   you want to overprint.
2. Display the Fill or Stroke Inspector.
3. Check "Overprint" to turn it on.


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8. FONTS 
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8.1 Stone Print fractions
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To type a fraction using Stone Print fonts:
1. In Program Manager, open the Accessories 
   program group. Double-click the character map icon 
   and choose "StonePrintFractions" from the Font menu.
2. Select a numerator by double-clicking on the number 
   you want in the second row of characters.
3. Type a slash for the fraction bar.
4. Select a denominator by double-clicking on the 
   number you want in the third row.
5. Click "Copy."
6. Switch to Aldus FreeHand 4.0, click an insertion 
   point in the illustration where you want to insert 
   the fraction, and choose "Paste" from the Edit menu. 

8.2 Displaying fonts properly in palettes and menus
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If fonts in palettes and menus display badly in Aldus FreeHand 4.0,
try a setting that uses small fonts in your Windows 3.1 display 
driver. Settings using large fonts may not display well in Aldus 
FreeHand 4.0. 

To use small fonts in palettes and menus, open the Main program 
group and double-click Windows Setup. Choose "Change System 
Settings..." from the Options menu and then select a Display option 
that uses small fonts and is appropriate for your video card and 
monitor.


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9. COMPATIBILITY ISSUES WHEN TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN 
PROGRAMS 
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Chapter 8 of the "Aldus FreeHand 4.0 User Manual" describes important
considerations when importing or exporting files between Aldus 
FreeHand 4.0 and other programs. By studying the techniques and
methods in that chapter, you will avoid many problems. Additional 
considerations follow. 

9.1 Adobe Illustrator 1.1 file format
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Objects you create in Adobe Illustrator and save in Adobe 
Illustrator 1.1 format may not import to Aldus FreeHand 4.0 as 
expected. For better results, try using Adobe Illustrator 88 or 3.0.
When you save an Adobe Illustrator object in Adobe Illustrator 1.1 
format:
• A text block with multiple text attributes 
  imports as multiple text blocks.
• Text imports separately from the text block. Text 
  becomes a group and its associated text block 
  becomes a rectangle. The two are then grouped 
  together. If text attributes change, all of the 
  text blocks are grouped together before they 
  are grouped with the rectangle.
• Text blocks always import with word and letter 
  spacing of 100%. 
• Text blocks always import with a letter spacing 
  of 0% for regular type and 50% for boldface type. 
  Also, if text with a larger letter spacing flows 
  between lines, it is not reflowed from the lower 
  line to the upper line. 

In addition, Illustrator 1.1 format does not convert the following:
arrowheads; compound paths; fully justified text; inhibit 
hyphenation; insets; keeping lines together or on the same line; 
leading after a paragraph; paragraph spacing below; linked text, 
columns and rows; text effects; text wrap-around value; masked 
objects; word and letter spacing with minimum, optimum, and maximum
percentage (just single-value word and letter spacing); multiple 
pages; RGB colors; color names; overprinting; patterned fills and
strokes; and tiled fills and strokes.  

9.2 Aldus IntelliDraw 1.0 or Aldus PhotoStyler/Gallery Effects 
Accessory Pack
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If you have Aldus IntelliDraw 1.0 or the Aldus PhotoStyler/Gallery 
Effects Accessory Pack installed on your system when you install 
Aldus FreeHand 4.0, you will have conflicts between versions of the 
ALDVM.DLL and ALDVMRES.RSL support files required by these 
applications. Aldus FreeHand 4.0 installs a utility that resolves 
the conflict by updating the files so that the applications can 
share them. 

After installing Aldus FreeHand 4.0, take the following steps:
1. In File Manager, locate the ALDUS\USENGLSH\UTILITY
   directory. 
2. Double-click the IDUPDATE.EXE. 
3. For each file update message, click "OK" as prompted, 
   or follow the instructions on screen.
4. When the utility notifies you that the update 
   process is complete, click "OK."

You can now run your Aldus applications. 

9.3 Placing a CorelDRAW! Windows metafile
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If you place a Windows metafile (.WMF) created by CorelDRAW!, you 
may not be able to place it by clicking the loaded icon in your 
Aldus FreeHand 4.0 illustration. Instead, drag the loaded icon to 
the size you want the metafile to be in your illustration. 

9.4 Placing a DXF file
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If you place a .DXF file, arcs and circles do not import correctly. You may 
achieve better results by using a utility to convert the file to .CGM format 
before placing it in Aldus FreeHand 4.0.

9.5 Exporting to Aldus FreeHand 3.1 file format
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If you export an illustration containing more than one TIFF image 
from Aldus FreeHand 4.0 for the Macintosh or Windows to the version 
3.1 format, and you open the illustration in Aldus FreeHand 3.1 for 
Windows, you may only be asked to re-link the first TIFF image as 
the illustration opens. The program will ask you to re-link the 
remaining unlinked TIFF images only when you print. If each TIFF 
image is stored in a different directory, version 3.1 will prompt 
you properly. One side effect of this is that you may not be able 
to preview TIFF images until you relink them at print time. 

9.6 Exporting as an EPS file
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If you export a path that uses the "Pattern" stroke type as an 
EPS file, the stroke width of the pattern stroke does not scale 
when you resize the EPS file in another program.

9.7 Exporting color to a Windows metafile
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If you export an Aldus FreeHand 4.0 illustration as a Windows 
metafile and it contains unnamed colors, the unnamed colors will 
shift. To preserve the integrity of colors in exported metafiles, 
name all the colors in your illustration before exporting. 

9.8 Exporting as a TIFF file
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• If you export an Aldus FreeHand 4.0 illustration as a TIFF 
  file, the exported file includes all objects on all pages and on 
  the pasteboard. The outermost objects in the illustration determine 
  the dimensions of the TIFF file. 

  To save time and memory, decide which objects you want to export as 
  a TIFF file, copy only those objects into an otherwise empty Aldus 
  FreeHand illustration, and then export the TIFF file from the new 
  illustration. 

• If you export an Aldus FreeHand 4.0 illustration as a TIFF 
  file, in the "TIFF export" dialog box select a bit depth that is  
  supported by your video display adapter, otherwise the exported TIFF 
  file will display unsatisfactorily. For example, if your display 
  adapter supports only 8-bit color, do not select 24-bit color.


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10. USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 
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10.1 When keyboard shortcuts have no effect
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If you use a keyboard shortcut and it has no effect, the illustration
window may not be the active window. Some keyboard shortcuts require
that the illustration window be active. The title bar of an active 
window or palette displays the "Active Title Bar" color as set in 
the Color Control Panel in the Main program group in Program Manager.
Try either of the following keyboard shortcuts to activate the 
illustration window:
• Press Enter.
• Press Control+Tab to cycle through windows and 
  palettes until the illustration window is active.

10.2 "Save as..." keyboard shortcut conflicts with After Dark
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FreeHand uses Control+Shift+S for "Save as...." This is the same as
the default keyboard shortcut set to turn on sleep mode in Berkeley
Systems After Dark screen saver.

To change After Dark's keyboard shortcut:
1. Open After Dark, click "Setup..." and then 
   click "Hot Key...."
2. Either uncheck "Sleep Hot Key" or specify a 
   new keyboard shortcut that does not conflict 
   with any keyboard shortcut in the programs you use.
3. Click "OK" to exit the dialog box, and then click 
   "OK" again. Then minimize After Dark.


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11. PRINTING ISSUES
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11.1 Apple LaserWriter IIg paper sizes
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If you have trouble printing to the Apple LaserWriter IIg printer, 
check the selected paper size. Each paper size is listed in three 
ways, for example:
• US Letter(Letter.8Meg)
• US Letter(Letter.4Meg)
• US Letter(Letter.5Meg)

Select the paper size that corresponds to the amount of memory in 
your printer. For example. (Letter.8Meg) if your LaserWriter IIg 
has 8 megabytes of RAM installed.

11.2 Printer-specific features
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To adjust settings for printer-specific features not displayed in 
the Print Options dialog box in Aldus FreeHand 4.0 (such as 
duplexing):
1. In your illustration, choose "Printer setup..." 
   from the File menu.
2. Click "Setup," and adjust settings.

11.3 Printing to PCL Printers
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Aldus FreeHand 4.0 is primarily a PostScript output program. 
In order to get an accurate printed preview of the file, use 
a PostScript device for proofing. PostScript custom fills will 
print only to a PostScript device: they will print as gray or 
black solid fills when printed to a PCL printer.

Other known problems when using PCL printers:

PCL-5E
• Set the driver to Raster Graphics mode, 
  not HPGL-2
• Performance will be somewhat slower printing 
  to PCL-5E than PCL-5. If faster printing performance
  is desired, target the printer as a PCL-5 device,
  such as the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III. If you do 
  this, however, some device-specific options, such as 
  600 dpi printing, will not be available.

PCL-5C
• File sizes may be very large.
• Aldus FreeHand 4.0 does not work with Hewlett-Packard 
  ColorSmart. Instead, select "Manual Color" in the 
  Printer Setup dialog box.
• Printing may be slow. If your printer has a 
  PostScript option, select that rather than PCL-5C.
• Scaling using the print driver will cause the image 
  to shift and may crop the image. Scale objects in 
  the illustration file to achieve the desired result.
• Radial fills will print as black circles or with 
  small line fragments, depending on the printer you use.

PCL-3
• Bitmap patterns fills, PostScript custom fills, and 
  transformed text that is pasted inside an object will 
  print incorrectly.

Fax printing
• Aldus FreeHand 4.0 does not print to Delrina WinFax PRO 
  or Intel FAXibility software.


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12. Troubleshooting program startup
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If you have trouble starting Aldus FreeHand 4.0 because the program 
cannot enable OLE features, you can try these techniques to resolve the 
problem: 
• Make sure your AUTOEXEC.BAT file includes a line that runs the DOS file-
  sharing extension SHARE.EXE. In many cases this alone solves the problem.
• Delete the file WINDOWS\REG.DAT.
• Reinstall the files WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLECLI.DLL and 
  WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLESVR.DLL.

