### Working with an individual case

First, do either of the following:

Create a new illustration

Load a saved illustration file

Next, fill in your data:

Change input for an illustration

Then press `OK` to calculate the illustration and see a summary.

Here are the things you can do next with this illustration:

Print an illustration

Save an illustration

While this illustration is displayed, you can also create or load another illustration for an individual or group case.

##### Creating a new illustration

Press this button and pick `Illustration`.

Or pull down the `File` menu, pick `New`, and then pick `Illustration`.

##### Loading a saved illustration

Press this button. Or pull down the `File` menu and pick `Open`.

Either way, go to `Files of type:` and choose `Illustration`. Pick the file you want and press `Open`.

You can also open files by dragging and dropping them on `lmi`.

##### Changing input for an illustration

After you’ve created a new illustration, or loaded a saved one, here’s how to modify it.

Press this button.

Or pull down the `Illustration` menu and pick `Edit cell`.

Make your changes, then press `OK` to recalculate the illustration and refresh the summary.

##### Printing an illustration

Press this button.

Or pull down the `File` menu and pick `Print`.

##### Saving an illustration

Press this button.

Or pull down the `File` menu and pick `Save`.

Either way, type a file name and press `Save`.

To save a file under a new name or in a new location, pull down the `File` menu and pick `Save as`.

Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Gregory W. Chicares. This program, including its documentation, is free software. Read the terms under which you can redistribute and modify it.

Maintained by Gregory W. Chicares. The latest version of this file can be found at the `lmi` website.