I am using FreehandMX 11.0.2 on a Mac G5 OS10.4.10 - I can no longer use the
view menu to show/hide guides, lock or turn off snap. I can use the layers menu
to show/hide or lock but cannot turn off snap. I also cannot delete the Guide
layer from the layers menu. I have tried changing keyboard shortcut, deleting
preference file from settings folder but nothing works.

Brian, the usual keyboard shortcuts and menu items for controlling guides
and grids were broken by Mac OS 10.4. You can, however, set custom keyboard
shortcuts which will work. I use some of the F-keys for these.

Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts>View

You cannot delete the Guides layer. You can, however, delete all guides by
first unlocking the Guides layer, and then bringing up the Edit Guides
dialog. Use Edit>Guides or double-click on any guide.

Judy Arndt

Judy,
Assigning shortcut keys doesn't work for me. I tried option-F1 for show grid and option-F2 for snap to grid, but no success. Are some key combo's blocked for this?
Thanks,
Willem

Willem,

I don't use the F-keys in combination with modifier keys. Opt-F1 through
Opt-F8 are used by the system. Check in System Preferences>Keyboard &
Mouse>Keyboard Shortcuts. Mac OS uses F9 through F12 for the Dock, Exposé
and Dashboard.

If you never use certain system shortcuts, you could disable them in System
Prefs and thereby free them up for use in FreeHand. I have disabled the Mac
OS Spotlight shortcuts because they conflict with the magnifier tools in FH
and Photoshop.

Here's what I use in FreeHand (US English keyboard layout):
Grid>Show___F6
Grid>Snap___F7
Guides>Show___Opt+Cmd+;(semicolon)
Guides>Snap___F8

Make sure when setting shortcuts in FH, you check "Go to conflict on assign"
to make sure you haven't used the same shortcut twice.

If you use a non-English keyboard layout, you might be seeing different
results.

If you're using Entourage 2004 11.0, make sure to update to a current
version, because there's a known conflict with keyboard shortcuts in Adobe
apps there.

Judy Arndt

Well,
Simply doesn't work for me.
No idea why.
Never mind, there are more serious probvems in this world ;-)
Willem

I ran into the same problem when I updated to an Intel machine. The trick that
did it for me (Have no idea why...) is to give the keyboard shortcut 2 assigned
keys. It will work on the second one.
Grid>Show > F6 and F7 (It will work with F7)
Grid>Snap > F7 and F6 (It will work with F6)
Always a good idea to keep them between F5 and F8

Ah, thanks This works for me too.
Never too too late to learn something new.
Although this hardly goes for FreeHand anymore.
Thanks anyway,
Willem