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Subject:Re: What is CGM? From:Steve Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 21 Jul 1995 08:44:11 CDT
> Cindy Elliott, one of the writer-editors here at China Lake needs to provide
> some graphics for a customer from Finland. This customer wants her to do the
> work in a program called CGM, which, according to the customer, "everybody" is
> using.
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> Liz Babcock
Perhaps the customer wants graphics files in CGM format? I too have never heard
of a program called CGM, but I do know that most graphics programs can produce
output in CGM (computer graphics metafile) format. Ask your client if this is
what he/she wants.
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Stephen P. Victor svictor -at- lgc -dot- com
Landmark Graphics Corporation http://www.cda.ulpgc.es/steve.html
15150 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77009 USA
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