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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Using the Custom Widths Dialog</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Use the Custom Widths dialog to edit custom widths for plotting or for CGM export, and to create and modify text-format width definition files (WDFs) that define custom widths.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose from the Widths option menu any of the following:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Custom Palette from the Widths option menu. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Pick the drawing sheet in the Drawing Sheets list. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click the Edit Drawing Sheet Widths button. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select File -&rarr; Export -&rarr; CGM. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose from the Widths option menu any of the following: </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select File -&rarr; Export -&rarr; CGM or File -&rarr; Plot</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose from the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('plotting/plot_def_width_geom_op.html');return(false);">Widths Option menu</a>. 
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            <p class="para_item">Use the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('plotting/plot_def_width_custm_op.html');return(false);">Width Definition Palette</a> to open a WDF, create a WDF, or save a WDF.
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