I have created a CGM file, how do I edit it?

The CGM file can be edited using Microsoft Word. Start up Word and read in the file using 'Insert->Picture->From File'. Once the picture has been inserted it can be edited by double clicking on it. The most common changes required are

Individual items can now be moved, edited or resized.
Several objects can be grouped together and all modified.
The picture size can be changed.

To demonstrate this we will start with a normal CGM file as produced by JETDSP.

Double click on it and it opens a picture window. Note that the text has reformatted itself badly.

Then perform the following.

Resize the legend text.
Resize the title.
Click on the legend text, then shift click on the legend line. Then select the group option. Drag this over to the right.
Use the select button at the bottom to select all the other graph objects. Group these and then use the right hand handle to resize the whole graph.
Deselect the select button by clicking it again, and then double click in the top left corner marked. Set the paper size.

The resultant screen should look something like;

Close the picture, and the modified picture should be shown in Word.

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