ORG-12927,

ORG-13065

Easier Way to Annotate Graph with Data or Label in Worksheet and Project&Window Information

Support inserting variables from worksheet cell into text (only for graph)

Add a button in Insert Variable dialog, which can hunt worksheet cell and then insert it:

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1. The substitution text will be in the form of (n, @WT, col, row).
2. It supports both label area and data area.
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3. Also support selecting data range.
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Additional Info (%G, %X, %H) in Plot level for Insert Variable Dialog

In the Insert Variable Dialog, if the root folder(root node) of the worksheet(graph) on the right panel is selected, we are able to insert: 

1. Active Window Name //%H
2. Project Path //%X, only show when the project was saved once
3. Project Name //%G, only show when the project was saved once

into the graph or worksheet.

Worksheet insert variable dialog:

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Graph insert variable dialog:

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Annotation Tool: Customize Display Label, including metadata support, etc.

Allow to customize the format of the annotation added to the plot. It is available for 2D XY plot and polar, and contour from both XYZ data and matrix.

How to...

1. Select an annotation object, right click and select Customize Label to open the Annotation dialog.
2. in the Label Form we can specify the quantities or dataset used to create the annotation.
3. If Custom is selected, Format label is opened up and format string/Labtalk scripts can be entered, and multiple notations and arbitrary fixed strings can be combined as desired. The > button lists the frequently used notations.
   
4. Apply to can apply the format to the annotations of the current object, the objects in the current layer or all the objects inside the graph window.

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Improved Color control: More Colors to pick from, Recent Color remembered, and Easier way to pick Custom Colors

New Color chooser for all elements in Origin that supports color customizatin, such as plots, axis, text labels, graphic object, cells in worksheet, etc.

• Set color as Single, By Points or By Plots
• Large Selection of Color Lists with Varying Luminance
• New Custom color dialog with Color Picker
• Save/load Custom color lists
• Recent Colors list

Color button-menus for various type of single plot is improved: 

1. Support more colors.  In the dropdown list of More colors, user can choose a color list and luminosity variations for each color are generated automatically as a table that user can choose from.
2. Custom color can be changed by Ctrl+click the colorbox. This is indicated via tooltip in colorbox.  Also Custom dropdown list provide users more flexibility to customize the color. 
3. Added a single row of "Recent Colors"  .

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Custom dropdown list:  User can load increment color list, save user's own color list and edit existing color list, etc. 

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Customer color dialog is improved.  Add eye drop tool so that user has more freedom to choose color any where on the screen

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Users can customize the color of the plots through toolbar control icons and the tab style color selection fly-out offers user more options for color control of the plots. 

By Points tab:

1. Index/RGB/map the color of lines/symbols/area of each curve to columns. 
2. map the color to the values of whole dataset using y-value mapping.
3. Color using increment color list which can be edited in the plot detail dialog. 

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By Plots tab:

1. Each curve are colored with a increment color list.
2. Each curve are colored with palettes.

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      3.  The increment list or palettes for "by plots" coloring can also be adjusted in the group tab in plot detail dialog. 

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Dockable Object Manager to easily Show or Hide Plots on Graph

Smart Plotting from Cloneable Template and New Template Library

Save Template As Dialog Changes

• Mark as Cloneable Template

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• Preset Graph Short Name and Long Name

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• add "Match modifiers by" to Save template dialog

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• Still support plotting from built-in system template.

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• Clone Graph from Plot: User Templates: menu

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• Template Library only Shows User-Defined Templates

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ORG-12416,

ORG-11004

Switch Layer or Create New, and Move Plot Order in a Group in Layer Contents Dialog

Switch Layer or Create New to easily add or remove plots on different layers in graph

• Switch between layers in Layer Contents dialog to easily add plot(s) to each layer.

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• Create new layersand add plots to it in Layer Contents dialog.

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Change the order of plots within a group

Change plot order within a group with no need to ungroup first

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ORG-12737,

ORG-12710

Set Units and Scientific tick label display in Tools: Options.

Various unit formats to choose from in Tools:Options:Axis

Different unit format are now supported and can be selected in Options dialog.

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More Scientific Format Display Control

Different scientific format displays can be selcted in the options dialog.

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Define and access Project Variables in Set Column Values dialog

Allow inserting project variable in Set Column Value dialog.

How to...

1. Inside SCV dialog, Clicking Variables:Project Variables:More... will bring up Project Variables dialog.
2. Can create/delete project variables and can copy the variable name to avoid typo.
3. The project variable names will be listed under the menu context under Project Variable.

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Choose Edit: Select... menu will open Select dialog where user can easily select and hide columns which fit the column label string, or by select N columns and skip M columns.

Since it's a modeless dialog, you can keep this dialog open and keep on doing selection and plotting or analysis. 

Note: if the column label row has numbers, you can even set the >, <, etc. as conditions to select such columns. 

Select or Hide Columns by Column Label Rows

1. In the dialog, choose Mode: By Column Label
2. Pick column label row and set matching condition and string
3. Click Test - select if True to select. Click Hide button to hide selected columns
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Select or Hide Columns by Skipping

1. n the dialog, choose Mode: By Select N columns and Skip M columns
2. Pick column label row and set matching condition and string
3. Click Test - Select if True to select. Click Hide button to hide selected columns
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Nested sorting will be helpful for customers to quickly find 

Supported in Detailed View of Project Explorer

Left Panel of Layer Contents dialog

Column/Dataset/Matrix Browsers in different analysis tools that supports multiple Input.

PE now support nested sort that allowing files to be sorted within each group

1. Start with files disordered by both type and short name in the PE.

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2. Click Type to sort the files by type first, notice that they are still disordered by short name.

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3. Want to sort by short name within each type group, Hold shift key and click Short Name. Now within each type, files are sorted by short name.

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Layer contents dialog now supports nested sort

The Long Name is sorted within each Book group:

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Dataset Browser supports nested sort

The Long Name is sorted within each Book group:

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