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Why upgrade to Origin v7.5?

There are over 40 reasons to upgrade to Origin 7.5 from an older version. The new features below are categorized. Click on a link in the list to jump to the section of the table that interests you. Note: You can also view this in PDF form .

User Interface
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Plot Setup Dialog Simplifies Plotting Data from Multiple Worksheets
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Apply Button on Data Analysis Tools
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Click-and-Drag to Resize and Rotate Text and Drawing Objects
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Click-and-Drag Worksheet and Matrix Column Width
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Drawing Tools, including Polyline, Freehand, Polygon, Freeform
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Graph Template Library
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In-Place Text Editing
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Multiple Selected Object Formatting
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Multi-Tabbed Object Control Dialog
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Object Format Toolbar (color, hatch pattern, border type, border width)
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Point-by-Point Editing of Polyline and Polygon Objects
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Text Format Toolbar (font, size, bold, italics, underline, sub/superscript, Greek)
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Batch Process Windows in Active Project Explorer Folder
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Inadequate Space in Worksheet Cell Indicator
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Batch Print Selected Worksheets, Graphs, and Layout Windows
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Control-select Nonadjacent Origin Worksheet Columns
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Customize Any Origin Toolbar
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Excel May Run Simultaneously with Origin
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Organize Large Projects with Project Explorer
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Graph Handling
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Apply a Collection of Graph Properties Using Themes
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Automatically Create a Single Legend for all Layers in Graph
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Copy and Paste the Format of One Graph Element Onto Another Graph Element
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Customize the Format Increment Lists and Color Palettes for Grouped Data
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Edit Many Data Plot Properties Using the Style Toolbar
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Legend Displays Individually Edited Data Points
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Apply Color Palette to Image View of Matrix Data
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Manually Specified Tick Marks and Tick Labels for Entire Axis
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Color Scale Object Supports Label Increments
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Offset Plotting of Duplicate Points
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Print Graph to Multiple Pages
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Expanded Box Chart Control
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Expanded Set of Built-In Symbols (approximately 100)
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Fast 3D Graph Caching
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Individual Contour Line and Level Control
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Pattern Support for Area Fill
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Use Color Variations or Symbol Size to Represent Another Dimension
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User-defined Symbols Using Bitmaps
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Graph Types
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Inset Graph and Offset Axes Templates
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Image Graphs with Profile Lines; Image Histograms
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Smith® Chart
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3D Pie Chart
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Column Scatter Graphs
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XYXY Vector (Tail-to-Head Data)
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File I/O
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ASCII and Binary Import Wizard Provides Visual Feedback During Import
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Extract Header Variables from Your Data File in the Import Wizard
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Save Import Wizard Settings to a Filter File for Use with Similar Data
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Send Data to Origin Using Origin VIs in LabVIEW™
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Transfer Data From MATLAB® and Import Workspace Data
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Drag and Drop Data Files from Windows Explorer into Origin
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Fast Import Image into Matrix
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Import data from MINITAB®, SigmaPlot®, and Thermo Galactic® SPC Files
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Import and Export Image (Raster) Files
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ODBC Query and Import
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Graph Export Formats: AI, CGM, EPS, TIFF, PDF, JPEG, EMF, PSD, & more
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Layout Pages can be Exported or Copied to Clipboard
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Import Axon Binary pClamp Files
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Data Handling
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Automatically Update Worksheet Calculations
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Categorical Data Support (Nominal and Ordinal)
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Image View of Data in Matrix Window
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Random and Regular XYZ to Matrix Conversion
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Region of Interest for Analysis of Images
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2D Binning of Worksheet Data
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Expanded Vector Data Formats
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Number of Worksheet Columns Limited Only by System Resources
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Transpose: Worksheet, or upon clipboard Paste
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Analysis
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Automatic NLSF Parameter Initialization
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Automatic Fitting Comparison using F-Test
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Find X / Find Y options after Linear, Polynomial, and Nonlinear Fitting
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NLSF and Origin C integration (interface and functionality)
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NLSF Fitting Wizard
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Normality Test (Shapiro-Wilk)
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One-Way and Two-Way ANOVA; One Sample and Two Sample t-Test
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Survival Analysis (Kaplan-Meier, Cox Proportional Hazards)
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Low-Pass, High-Pass, Band-Pass, Band-Block, and Noise Threshold Filters
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Negative Peak Finding and Fitting
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Programming
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Automation Server Support
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Create Custom Dialogs for Your Routines Using Origin C
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Origin Project (*.OPJ) Files Accept any Type of File Attachment
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User-defined Origin C Classes
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Built-In Elements of NAG Numerical Library
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C Compiler with ANSI C Language and Origin Object Support
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Code Builder Interface for Color-coded Editing and Debugging
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Dynamically Link Custom Toolbar Buttons to Variables
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File Packing/Unpacking Utility with Drag-and-Drop Installation
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Run Tools and Wizards Created with OriginPro and MS VC++
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Create User-Defined Origin Toolbars to Run LabTalk Scripts
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