Colors when exporting to PDF get all screwy

This just started last Friday - all of the sudden I can no
longer print to PDF, export as PDF, export as a JPEG, copy to
Photoshop or anything like that without the colors "solarizing" -
it's almost like a reverse image. Type, imported photos, vector
art, it's all the same, and the end result is that I can't get
anything out of Freehand in order to send proofs, etc. I've
reinstalled both Freehand, and the entire Creative Suite to see if
I had really messed up my preferences - but nothing seems to work.
Anybody else out there who has had a similar problem, please let me
know!

Artsy-type wrote:
> I've reinstalled both Freehand, and the entire Creative
Suite to see if I had
> really messed up my preferences - but nothing seems to
work.
What is your platform and OS?
What are your FH color management settings?
Have you calibrated your monitor? If so, how?
Before reinstalling FH to clear problems, it's important to
trash the
Preferences and other settings files in the Settings folder.
They are not
overwritten when FH is reinstalled. On Mac OS X, the settings
are here:
Users/(Username)/Library/Application Support/ Macromedia/
FreeHand MX/ 11/
English/ Settings
Judy Arndt

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