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Origin Changelog

What's new in Origin 2018 SR1 Build 9.5.1.195

Mar 12, 2018
  • Bug fixes:
  • Slowness when clicking Plot menu
  • Save Project uses OPJ extension by mistake after Appending OPJ file
  • Issues related to User Account with Unicode Chars

New in Origin 2017 SR0 Build 9.4.0.220 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Origin Central Startup Dialog:
  • The Origin Central dialog helps users to get started with Origin. The dialog opens upon launching Origin 2017
  • Three sections are available in this dialog:
  • Open:
  • View and open graph and analysis samples. Follow the instructions in the sample or replace with your own data to see graph and analysis results update
  • Open blank workbook or matrix book tailored to your needs
  • Open Existing Files:
  • Open existing Origin files (opj, ogw, otw, ogg)
  • Resources:
  • Review Apps, tutorials, and videos
  • Get new updates
  • The Origin Central dialog opens upon launching Origin 2017. It provides a lot of graph and analysis samples, together with Apps, plus a list of Videos and Tutorials to help the user to get started with Origin.
  • New Plot Menu with Large Icons:
  • Origin 2017 features a rearranged Plot menu with large icons, which helps users to quickly find the graph type they need.
  • Mouse over the group icon to view all graph types of the group
  • New Plot Menu with Large Icons:
  • Simpler Column/Cell Notation for Column Formulas
  • Origin 2017 introduces Excel-like spreadsheet cell notation to be used in defining column formulas.
  • Auto- column short naming as columns are added, deleted or moved.
  • Compatible with Origin’s older column formula notation.
  • New column formula notation is similar to Excel or Google Sheets.
  • B, C - column B and C
  • B1 - 1st cell in column B
  • 2!B - column B of sheet 2
  • Excel-like spreadsheet cell notation to be used in defining column formulas. Whenever this notation system is turned on for a workbook, a small A to Z icon will appear in the upper left hand corner of the workbook. With this notation, the column short names follow alphabetic orders and are not renamable. Column Formulas have now been significantly shortened and can be written in a similar fashion to Excel and Google sheets
  • Graphing:
  • Trellis Plot:
  • Using grouped data, you can create various types of trellis plots in Origin 2017:
  • Scatter
  • Line and Symbol
  • Bar
  • Column
  • Flexible configuration and customization options include:
  • Add, delete, or modify horizontal and vertical panel columns
  • Wrap panels
  • Overlap panels
  • Add gap between panels
  • Annotation Tool Improvements:
  • New Annotation dialog with more controls.
  • ALT + drag a dynamic label object from point to point.
  • Annotation Tool button is now easier to locate in the Tools toolbar.
  • LaTeX Support in Graph and Worksheet:
  • Requires installing the 2017 LaTeX App, available from the OriginLab File Exchange:
  • Add LaTeX equations to worksheet metadata area (e.g. Long Name, Units, Comments, etc.), using a q() escape sequence. LateX equation will appear in axis titles and legend
  • Select the column label row and set Data Style to Rich Text to render LaTeX objects in worksheet cells
  • Add fitting function equations to graphs using a button in the App
  • Origin 2017 adds two variations for box plots -- statistics bar and line series -- both with flexible customization options.
  • Statistics Bar options for mean, max, sum, etc.
  • Connect mean points, data points or other percentiles
  • Axis Improvements:
  • Multiple reference lines and shading between lines, in 2D graphs
  • More rescale options
  • Tick labels can be a combination of column labels
  • Leader lines for special ticks
  • Wrap tick labels for 3D plots
  • More Graphing Improvements:
  • Histograms: Label with bin counts, percentages, or both
  • Grouped Plots: Unbalanced subgroups can display grid line separators, or set gaps by dataset
  • Support for objects in 3D graphs: Table, image, drawn objects, bubble scale, OLE object
  • Dropline direction control for 2D, 3D graphs
  • New system colors give your graphs a fresh look

New in Origin 2016 SR 0 Build 9.3.226 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Ease of Use
  • Improved Color control: More Colors to pick from, Recent Color remembered, and Easier way to pick Custom Colors
  • Dockable Object Manager to easily Show or Hide Plots on Graph
  • Smart Plotting from Cloneable Template and New Template Library
  • Switch Layer or Create New, and Move Plot Order in a Group in Layer Contents Dialog
  • Set Units and Scientific tick label display in Tools: Options.
  • Easier Way to Annotate Graph with Data or Label in Worksheet and Project&Window Information
  • Annotation Tool: Customize Display Label, including metadata support, etc.
  • Define and access Project Variables in Set Column Values dialog
  • Edit: Select... menu to select or hide columns by column label
  • Nested Sorting in Project Explorer, Layer Contents dialog, and Dataset Browsers with Shift key
  • Graphing:
  • New Axis scale type: Discrete to support skipping weekend and holidays in financial plots
  • Data Labeling on Indiced Points Only and More Label Format Controls
  • Line Spacing Control of Multi-line Text Object in Graph
  • Legend and Color Scale improvements such as legend text following symbol color, color scale showing as color blocks with corresponding range
  • Plot Column/Bar from Non-Zero Baseline by Setting it as Additional Line Values
  • Multi-layer Graph Improvements: Set Layer Width or Height by Common Scale and Align Layers with Specified Value
  • Set Graph window Short and Long Name during Batch Plot and in Graph Template
  • Analysis:
  • Word template with Bookmark for Report Creation in Batch Processing
  • Batch Process improvements: set Script Before Process, and append results by columns.
  • Peak Analysis Improvements: Snap to Spectrum, Relative Baseline, Set Upper and Lower Bound of Peaks, etc.
  • Provide GUI for customization of LR report table on graph
  • Statistics:
  • New statistics analysis tools such as Three-way ANOVA, Partial Correlation, Cross Tabulation
  • Improvements such as Means Comparison on Interaction Combinations in Two-Way ANOVA and t-Test for Summarized Data
  • Import and Export:
  • Send Graphs to PowerPoint improvement: Specify what graphs to send and in what order. Insert new slides for each graph and copy start slide style to easily sending graphs to a pre-defined Powerpoint file or template.
  • improvement of import ASCll & Excel: Import Multiple Files into Cloned Book/Sheets, run Script after import after ASCII, CSV, SPC and EXCEL import and set Column Plot Designation in ASCII and Excel Import
  • Support more 3rd party data file formats for importing
  • Programming:
  • Support R console and Rserve
  • Labtalk Script speed improvements

New in Origin 2015 SR 2 Build 9.2.272 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • EASE OF USE:
  • User Interface:
  • Origin 2015 introduces MS Office Style Collapsible Menu for some very long menus and context menus so only commonly used ones show by default. Users can access items not frequently used via the double down-arrow at the bottom of the menu.
  • Project Explorer:
  • The Project Explorer in Origin was designed to provide easy control of hierarchy project structures. In Origin 2015 it has been improved with nicer interface and find & search functionality.
  • Set Column Values:
  • The Set Column Values dialog is one of the most basic tool in Origin, which is used to carry out column-based calculation with formulas. In 2015 it is highly improved with more intuitive tool tip and function help.
  • Graphing and Analysis:
  • In Origin 2015, many improvements are targeted to provide easier and user-friendlier control options with both graphing and analysis.
  • GRAPH CUSTOMIZATION:
  • Axis Dialog:
  • Axis Dialog has been redesigned with visual icons on the left panel for easy navigation. Meanwhile, more customization options on axis (line, ticks and labels, special ticks) are provided, including wrap tick label.
  • Bubble Scale:
  • The bubble scale can be shown as nested or linear layout and you have full control on its customization.
  • Color Scale:
  • Full control with color scale display is provided by the new Color Scale Control dialog.
  • Categorical and Box Legend:
  • Two special legend objects, the legend for categorical values and box legend have been improved with more display and customization options.
  • GRAPH TYPES:
  • Column Scatter
  • Heat Map
  • Kernel Density Plot
  • Improved Profile Plot
  • Custom Percentile & Jitter Points in Box Chart
  • ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS:
  • Distribution Fit
  • RMANOVA with Unbalanced Data
  • t-Test on Rows
  • Share 6 OriginPro features with Origin
  • DATA MANAGEMENT:
  • Append Worksheets
  • Remove/Combine Duplicate Rows
  • Pivot Table with Multiple Source Rows/Columns
  • IMPORTING:
  • Import Transposed Matlab Data
  • SPSS File Import
  • Extract Long Name and Units from Same Line
  • PROGRAMMING:
  • Working with Python