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ORG-2443

Add Sheet and Show/Hide Organizer button

Two buttons added at bottom of workbook and matrix book to add sheet and show/hide Book Organizer.

Add sheet to the end of current book

Show/Hide workbook Organizer

ORG-24490

Improve Workbook Organizer

Edit Notes for sheet and show sheet color in Workbook Organizer

When selecting a sheet in Workbook organizer, Notes edit box shows on the right page of the organizer to add sheet level notes.

ORG-24636

Cell Comment in Column Label rows

Click cell in column label row to insert notes

User can add notes in column label rows including F(x) e.g. explain what the formula is, etc.

Also since the notes show as tooltip, it saves vertical space of column label.

ORG-24577

Set Column Value calculation with Duplicate Long Name

Use both Short name and long name in Col() function to refer to correct column

There could be duplicate column long names. When selecting column from Col(A) menu in Set Column Values dialog, both short name and long name will be included so refer to correct column in calculation.

Note: In the past, only Col(“Sensor Output”) will be used and it refers to the 1st found column with such long name which is column B in this example.

ORG-24566

Define name in column label row area

Define name for column label row and use it in column/cell formula, graph reference line or function plot

Click a column label cell, mini toolbar will show to define name

• Use it in column/cell calculation

• 

  Use it in reference line expression (project level name)

• Use it to define function plot (project level name)

ORG-24742

Support tolerance when splitting worksheet dialog

When splitting worksheet by reference column value or value change, set tolerance so values within tolerance will be put to same sheet

There was no tolerance option in the past so all unique values were split to individual sheets in the past.

ORG-24518

ORG-24684

Use Origin Rich Text to Cell Notes

Add Origin Rich Text as another Syntax for Notes, and set it as default

• Besides Markdown, HTML, a new syntax Origin Rich Text is provided for Notes, and it will be set as default syntax for notes window and cell note.

• Add Notes as Sheet will default using Origin Rich Text to create note sheet.

• Rename HTML menu to be Notes menu, and provided samples for Origin Rich Text.

• Context menu for easily added info from worksheet cell, meta data and graph/image window.

• Context menu for easily added symbol, equation, web link and image when syntax is Origin Rich Text.

ORG-24519

Toolbar buttons for editing Origin Rich Text in More Places

When Notes window with Origin Rich Text syntax, allow to customize format like font, font size, color, .ect with Toolbar.

In worksheet, Insert Notes for cell, also allow In-Place Edit with Standard Toolbar

ORG-23917

Paragraph Style Support in Notes Window – Beta3

User can write notes, report in Notes window and styles

• By default Notes window syntax set to Origin Rich Text by default. Right click window title and check Syntaxt node.

• Right click the paragraph and choose Paragraph Styles to set it to Body Text, Bulleted List, Numbered List, Heading Left, Heading1, Heading2, Picture or a user-defined style.

• Use Tools: Text Style Manager to edit, create new styles and delete styles.

• Close Origin, delete OriginTextStyles.ini under User Files folder and restart Origin to reset to default settings.

ORG-24846

Preview of Notes window in PE - beta3

Mousing over Notes window in PE shows preview

Paragraph style, image, etc. can show fine in Preview of Notes window in PE.

ORG-24845

Allow Notes Window to edit Text in Layout or Graph - beta3

Support text object to use text from Notes.

In graph or layout, user can add a text object and enter text “@@@notes1” and this will get string from notes window named Notes1.

In layout, two context menus are provided to easily insert or add note text.

Image Modified

ORG-19339

Font Control for Note Window

Support different font size in different Notes window

Font will be the same in all Notes windows but font size can be set differently in each notes window.

ORG-

24920

URL Link support in Notes Window - beta4

Clickable URL link in Notes Window

Right click in Notes window and choose Insert: Link… to link to url, help file or labtalk command

Image Added

Other examples

• Please visit https://www.originlab.com

• Please visit \link(https://www.originlab.com/doc/

• LabTalk/ref/sys-var-list?f=dl, System variables List)

• Click to import \link(labtalk://"dlgfile g:=*.opju; doc -o %(fname$"), "this")

• Plot Grouped Box Chart with Color Indexed Data Points from this \link(help://1293/TUTORIAL.CHM, Tutorial)

ORG-24902

Set Notes window page width and display margin - Beta4

Set Page width (inch) of Notes window and display margin (points)

When syntax is Origin Rich Text,

• Right click Notes window title and choose Properties (Alt+Enter) and set Page width or use Labtalk property: note.width=

• Use @NDM = 3; //Notes Display Margin in rendered mode, in points

ORG-24921

Zoom in and out in Notes window - beta4

Zoom in rendered mode of Notes window

Use the zoom percentage toolbar to zoom in and out the notes window.

ORG-24876

Link to external or online image in Notes Window - beta4

Link to image file or online image in Notes window to keep Origin project file size small

Use context menu to insert image file or online image to Notes window or text label in graph. Since it’s a link, it will not make project file size big.

Image Added

Or directly use the following syntax:

• \img(https://www.originlab.com/

• images/header_logo.png, w=100)

• \img(file://"%@JSamples/Image Processing and Analysis/car.bmp", w=200)

ORG-24884

Support drawing none color for grayscale image in Image Window

Set missing value and color for it

Labtalk Properties

• img.missing = -999

• img.nancolor=1 //black

Mini toolbar button

ORG-24270

Dash line Customization

Define Dash line in Plot Details dialog

Click … next to Style dropdown list on Line tab of Plot Details dialog to customize dash line.

Save it for future use.

The dash line definition is saved in graph so it’s fine to share the project with others.

ORG-24719

Point by Point Legend Improvements

Show Unique Entries Only for Point by Point Legend

Right click legend and choose Legend: Point by Point … will show legend entry for each data point in graph.

Check the newly added Show Unique Entries Only checkbox, only unique symbol’s will show in legend.
Set Label Form as Custom and use Col(A) or wcol(1) to choose which column info. will show as legend text for each unique symbol.

ORG-24757

Data Highlighter to collect data in different sheets - Beta3

Data Highlight Properties dialog is added with different adding mode

In Data Highlight mode, if user click the last button on Mini toolbar to set Add Data Mode to Append and then highlight points and extract, data from different sheets can be collected to one sheet.

Drawback: Origin can only highlight points from one sheet at a time so user will need to pick and click the add button multiple times to pick data from different sheets.

ORG-21668

Cell image on graph using escape code

• For image in worksheet cell, use the following syntax to show it in graph

\cell([book1]1!col(C)[2]) = col C, row2 and current font height
\cell(alpha,200) = cell defined by alpha, width=200 logical pixel
\cell(alpha,h=300) = cell defined by alpha, height=300 logical pixel

• Show Smile Image in Graph

Copy smile image in worksheet cell and then in Graph, add Text, in the text object, right click to Paste Link. Or use menu Edit: Paste Link.

• Show Image window in Graph

\img(Image1) = Image1
\img(Image1,200) = Image1, width=200 logical pixel
\img(Image1,h=300) = Image1, height=300 logical pixel

ORG-6100

Export Graph to SVG Image Type

Support Export graph or layout window to SVG image type

SVG support is added in both File… Export Graph… and File: Export Graph (Advanced)… dialogs.

ORG-23916

Simple Version Symbol Map - Beta3, Beta4

Insert Symbol Map provides both Simple and Advanced mode

In in-place edit mode of Text and legend, Ctrl+M or right click and choose Symbol Map.

• A simpler modeless dialog shows with symbols organized by tabs

• Combining tab to add accents, etc.

• Recently used symbol for easy access

• Uncheck Close dialog to insert multiple symbols

• Click Advanced to see the old dialog with more options such as change font, unicode, etc.

ORG-24630

Add Labels for Each Layer

Mini toolbar button to add label for each layer of multi-layer graph

In graph with more than 1 layers, click on graph page edge and click Add Label for Layers… button

ORG-24901 - Beta4

Better treatment of none existing substitution notation in text label

Nothing will show instead of ### for non-existing info.

E.g. set axis title as %(?Y,@LL) %(?Y,@LD1) (%(?Y,@LU), which means show Y plot’s <long name> <user-defined parameter1> (<units>)

In previous versions, if user-defined parameter doesn’t exist, it will show <long name> ### (<units>)

In Origin 2022b, it will show <long name> (<units>)

ORG-24949

Origin Text New Escape Notations 2022b

\h() to block substitution

h should be another form of verbatim e.g. \h(\l(1) %(?Y)) to display literal \l(1) %(?Y)

ORG-24331

Speed Improvement for Sankey Diagram

We improve the speed for highlight and move nodes.

Download Network.opju from ORG-24321, open it in Origin, Try to select a node then move, highlight and move is slow. We improve it in Origin2022b.

ORG-24613

Easy way to turn on/off Link to substitution notation of text in graph

Add toggle of setting Link to (%, $) substition level to 1 or 0 on Text object mini toolbar

In the past, if user wanted to add label in graph with metadata in worksheet, or etc., user needs to enter the substitution notation and then go to Programming tab of Text Object Properties dialog to turn it on.

E.g. %(1, @WS) refers to 1st plot’s sheet display name. After entering it as text, user can easily turn the substitution notation on using the mini toolbar.

ORG-18505

Longer minus sign in tick label

default new graph to use long minus sign

System variable @TNA added

@TNA=1 to turn off active data indicator in legend

@TNA=2 to turn off long minus.

@TNA=3 to turn off both long minus and active indicator in legend.

ORG-24560

Export Image Window Improvements

DPI option added when exporting image

Imported image’s DPI will be used by default

ORG-24658

Want to Select Objects with Same Name in OM

Support Select All with Same Name in Object Manager with Show Graph Objects, and show mini toolbar to set object with same name

ORG-24659

Mini Toolbar for Multiple Legend

Support mini toolbar for multiple legend to conveniently set up Legend in batches, hold Ctrl to select each Legend in one graph, mini toolbar will show after release Ctrl key.

ORG-21223

Distance Annotation on Graphs

Double head arrow between two points with label. The label is the distance between the two points, auto-calculated when you draw the object.

Distance Annotation support snap to Data Point, Axis, and Line Object (Reference line, additional line), hold Ctrl to disable snap

ORG-22642

Want to Control Symbol Edge of Percentile Symbol

Add Edge Thickness control under Size option in Percentile tab of box chart.

The unit is point. This is same as Edge Thickness in scatter plot with Scale by Symbol Size.

ORG-24146

Increment in Line Style dropdown

Add Increment option to Line Style dropdown in Plot Details dialog’s Line tab.

When this option is selected, Line Style List tab will show.

ORG-23126

Box Chart Curved Connecting Line

Add Connect option to all line fly-out of Connect Lines tab, including Connect Mean, Connect Median, Connect Data Points and Connect Percentiles.

Dropdown list of Connect is the same as line plot.

ORG-24717

Case Sensitive Usage with Origin

Make sorting of dataset list case sensitive in Layer Content dialog

@SCCS = 1 is added. It’s bit combination to enable Sort Column Case Sensitive, 0x1 means LC dialog.

After this change, number’s order will change like: Book1-> Book10 -> Book2.

ORG-23379

Add option to wrap text in tick labels no matter there is space

Origin 2022b add an option to wrap text in tick labels according to the length, no matter there is space between words.

In the past, the texts are wrapped only when there is space between the words. It’s only for Japanese/Chinese characters. You can turn it off by system variable @WCJK=0.

ORG-24597

Image Plot Transparency Support

Transparency support for image plot from matrix data

After creating image plot from matrix data, user can open Plot Details to adjust transparency so multiple images can show in same graph.

For image in matrix window, please first select Image: Conversion: Convert to Data to convert image into data and then plot image plot.

ORG-24831

3D Vector legend failed to reflect transparency and color of plot

In Origin2022b, legend of 3d vector plot match color and transparency of plot.

ORG-24615

New graph type: Bar Map

Plot bars at xy coordinates

Plot: Bar, Pie, Area: Bar Map menu

It requires XYYY… columns. The 1st XY are coordinates. The remaining Ys are data to plot bars.

After plotting, use Insert: menu to add appropriate built-in map. If not built-in map applies, please use our apps to get map or shape

Mini toolbar to edit bars

ORG-23744

Circular Packing Graph

Add a new graph type Circular Packing. You can select Plot: Categorical: Circular Packing to make the plot.

Circular packing graph can used to visualize a hierarchic organization, it is as a variant of a treemap or a dendrogram, where each node of the tree is represented as a circle and its sub-nodes are represented as circles inside of it.

Origin supports two kinds of data type to present the hierarchic organization: Edge List and Multiple Levels.

ORG-12914

Right Angle Ternary

Add a new graph type Right Angle Ternary. You can select Plot: Specialized: Right Angle Ternary to make the plot.

A variants of the Ternary graph, but plotted in a right triangle coordinate. The X and Y axis are orthogonal and equilateral, Z axis is the hypotenuse.

Add a new option: Right in Ternary tab. You can select Equilateral to change back to normal ternary plot.

ORG-24484

Remove Contour Line for Contour Related Templates

We turn off contour line for 3D Colormap surface with Projection template and separate template for Multiple Colormap Surfaces and Surface with Projection.

ORG-24680

Add Alignment Option in Label Tab

We add alignment options for multiple-line data label to align to left/center/right.

ORG-24917

ORG-23909

Allow precise text box width when wrap is enabled - Beta4

The default setting of text object is text.box=1, which is to force the wrap box behavior when wrapping enabled.

It can be used only if wrap is enabled. (Click the text and use Mini toolbar to turn on Wrapping or go to Text Properties dialog)

text,box=1 is to force the wrap box behavior when wrapping enabled. In this case the size of the text object will not change depending on the content, i.e. the string. The size can be changed only by manual resizing.

For example, when text.box is 0, you resize the object from the left, you will see that the right edge will move as well. If text.box=1, you drag the left edge, you will see that the right edge remains in place.

ORG-24752

support batch plotting with multiple x plot like sunburst

Add a new checkbox Match X by Offset to support do batch plotting with multiple x plot

Match X by Offset checkbox is added to batch plotting dialog. Uncheck means use original x, select means use same offset like Y/Z. This options only show when batch plotting mode is column or column offset. Like Associated X option,this option also work for error, label, Y(plot with Z column) columns.

ORG-24371

Show scientific notation only at the end

If the option is not none, Axis Tick Label option to show power (scientific notation) will be in just one place.

In Tick Label: Display tab, we add Display Units option under Set Decimal Place.

For 2022b, we support the options for normal 2d only.

ORG-24692

Cannot load the saved theme from PD - Group tab

Context menu improve for group table

• when right click a increment list row in group table, we show following options only:

  Code Block
  Save Increment List... Load Increment List Save as System Increment List --------- Load Palette //only show for color increment row

• When right click header or grey area in group table, we show following options only:

  Code Block
  Nested Concerted --------- Save Theme... Load Theme

ORG-24414

Support Fit layout page to objects

Add Fit Page to Objects menu for layout window

• Add menu items“Fit Page to Objects” under Format menu for layout window, it will open pfit2l dialog which is same dialog when Fit Page to Layer for graph window.

• Labtalk Command

page -fit -m 1 -b 5 -u -d 1; 
-m mean margin control: 0 for tight, 1 for border 
-b mean border value as percentage of the page size
-u means undo supported.
-d means fit direction, 0: both directions (default), 1: vertical only, 2: horizontal only

ORG-24839

Linked File for Image in Layout and Graph Updating

Linked Image in graph/laytout auto reimport when opening opju or modifying image file

When an image file is inserted to a graph/layout, and you set it as Linked File,

• when you open the project, the image is automatically imported. Before, you will need to click a download button to bring back that image.

• when you modify the image, it will auto update in graph/layout