March 5, 1998

Adding Xtras without Restarting FreeHand

This tip may already be known to the power users, but some may not know that it is not necessary to Quit and Restart FreeHand in order to add/remove Xtras.

Version: 7 and above (Mac), Windows will not allow you to move Xtras when FreeHand is active.

This is so easy it's almost not even worth making a whole page for it.

If you're working in FreeHand 7 and above, and add or remove an Xtra in the Xtras folder but don't want to quit and restart, all you have to do is go into the Xtras Menu -> Xtras Manager. You won't see the Xtra you just added in the list at first. Just hit the OK Button and FreeHand will rebuild the Xtras you have installed and add the ones you just put in.