> I would like to point out one small but important thing. Draw a text block in
illustrator, type some text, then try moving the text block with your pointer
tool. It will move if you point to the text baseline or the perimeter of the
text block but if you point anywhere inside the text block, it will not move.

Go to Edit>Preferences>Type and turn off the Type Object Selection By Path
Only option.

Jack, you do your own cause more damage than good when you don't check your
facts. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes Illustrator devotees think
FreeHand users are merely whining because they are too lazy to learn another
program that is "no better than Illustrator."

Now let me give you one: In FreeHand, select an object. Now move it
numerically, not in terms of vertical and horizontal, but in terms of direction
and distance.

Now wouldn't you say that functionality is pretty dang basic?

Look: In alot of important and basic ways, FreeHand is a better vector drawing
interface than Illustrator ever will be. But the ugly truth is, that's not
really saying much.

"FreeHand Addict"? You guys are addicted to mediocrity. (Never mind that AI
"addicts" are addicted to worse.) "Give me FreeHand or give me death"? Give me
a break. "Monopoly"? Look up the meaning. If this were an illegal monopoly the
FTC would be all over it.

If you can't stand Illustrator, give Corel or Canvas a go. Reward them for
also being better than Illustrator, and for surviving despite its market share.
Moreover, do your homework. Make LEGITIMATE and SUBSTANTIVE comparisons between
FH and AI, so that Adobe (and more importantly, Illustrator users) will
understand that the complaints are based on meaningful fact, not mere
habituated favoritism.

And finally: Post those comparisons where they can make a difference. You guys
are just preaching to the choir here. " Millions"? Where do you get that
figure? I count 18 different responders in 13 days. Criminy, there's more
interest than that in some of the most mundane single threads in the
Illustrator forums.

JET