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Before SR1, user must use Plot Details dialog to change group plot Edit mode to independent to edit each plot independently.

In SR1, user can right click group e.g. g1 in Object Manager to change edit mode.

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Before SR1, user needs to use Remove context menu, Object Manager or some dialogs to remove data plot.

In SR1, user can click on a plot and press Delete key to remove it. For group plot, whole group will be removed. Undo is supported.

Copy and Paste Plot in Graph window.

• System variable @DPPT is used to control the pasted plot type. 200: line, 201: scatter, 202: plot+symbol; 0: follow plot type in active window
• The plot is based on clipboard, disconnected with source data. User can right click the plot and choose Create Worksheet Clipb2 to create XY data.

This is a nice way to do quick comparison of two plots.

Example 1: Copy a plot from one graph to another graph.

1. Click on a plot in one graph. Ctrl+C to copy it. 
2. Go to another graph. Ctrl+V. 
   --> A new line plot called Clipb2 will show. 
   
   

Example 2: Copy fitted curves and paste on same graph. Then change parameters or input data to do quick visual comparison of fitted cuves.

1. Do a linear fit in graph -> a red fitted line is created.
2. Click on the fitted curve. Ctrl+C to copy it.
3. Ctrl+V to paste it in the same graph. –-> a black line is pasted. It's called Clipb2
4. Now click the green lock to set Intercept fixed at 0.
5. User can easily see difference of two fitted curves. 

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Copy two columns of numeric values from notepad or webpage and paste as plot in Graph window

It must be two columns of numeric data. 1st column will be treated as X and 2nd column will be treated as Y.

• Sytem variable @DPPR controls the minimum number of rows to enable this feature. Default is 2. E.g. if @DPPR,=5, it means there must be 5 or more rows of data to support paste as plot. If there are only 4 rows of data, it will not be pasted as plot. @DPPR=0 will disable this feature.
• @DPPT to control what plot type to paste as. 200 (default)= Line; 201=Scatter; 202=Line+ Symbols
• Right click the plot to create data worksheet.

In SR1, after copying page, user can right click in another graph window, layout window, worksheet gray area and choose Paste Link context menu or Edit: Paste Link menu.

Double click it will go to corresponding graph window to customize further.

Changes in source graph will be updated in paste linked one.

User can right click a plot and choose Copy as Line Object.

Then Ctrl+V to paste it in same graph or new graph. It will be pasted as a line object.

This is another way to quickly compare two curves.

User can also go to worksheet to paste the data behind the line object.

1. Use Line/Polyline/Freehand tool on Tools toolbar to add a line object in graph window.
2. Right click it and choose Copy.
3. Click a cell in worksheet and paste.
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Before SR1, after using File: New: Function Plot: 2D Function Plot menu or 2D Function Plot toolbar button to create a function plot, it took several steps to create the data copy of the plot.

In SR1, just right click the function plot and choose Make dataset copy of Fn to create the dataset. User can also click Workbook button in Plot Details dialog to create the dataset.

More information in Output workbook.

• Sparkline
• Area
• More descriptive output workbook long name

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To save analysis dialog setting after an analysis is done,

Left click on green lock and choose Save Theme as... context menu.

In the past, user must choose Change Parameters to open the dialog and then save theme as.

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When choosing Analysis: Mathematics: Integrate..., Integration Result checkbox is added in the dialog to put areas to worksheet.

We used to output area in Results Log only.

Choose Input Data Form as XYZ Data and pick 3D functions to rank 3D functions in Rank Models tool

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LabTalk function DatePart (datepart$, d [, n])

to return a single part of a date/time, such as year, month, day, hour, minute, etc.

n=0,1, 2, 3, which is meaningful only for weekday and week. (see WeekDay() for reference)

Examples:

1. In Script window, run 
   dd = date(10/30/2007 12:15:32.123449);

v=datepart("yyyy", dd);

2. If column A is date column, in Col(B), use Set Column Values dialog

datepart("do", col(A)) //Get date part only

datepart("to", col(A)) //Get time part only

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