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Best way to move objects from Freehand to InDesign?

kiko

Hi all.

I would like to post a question.
What is the best way to “move” vector drawings (sometimes with images), from freehand to Indesign?

I’ve tried the following:

1. Basic “copy paste”
2. Export as eps and import into Indesign
3. Build a pdf, and open in InDesign
4. Use Illustrator as a “buffer” between the two apllications using “copy paste” method.

Didn’t get any conclusions and i still have problems mainly in files with images.
How can i preserve all atributtes such as color, stroke width, fonts, image size and position, etc.

Thanks in advance
Regards

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_leigh

You can copy and paste between Illustrator and Freehand!? Didn’t know you could do that.

Freehand has serious issues doing anything Adobe related, your on the right lines using illustrator as bridge between the two though. Have you tried exporting your freehand file as an illustrator 7.x file, and then opening that in illustrator? You should be able to find something inDesign friendly that way.

Good luck, and much respect for holding up the freehand quarter!

kiko

You can copy and paste between Illustrator and Freehand!?

Yes you can, at least from FH11 to Illustrator CS3. The oposite it’s way much different, triyng to paste something into freehand from any adobe apllications it’s aparently impossible! Right now i’m having trouble even in pasting things from FH to photoshop. Freehand can be a pain sometimes.

Have you tried exporting your freehand file as an illustrator 7.x file, and then opening that in illustrator?

I didn’t try that one, perhaps it will help.

Thanks for your reply

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