5 What's New in Origin 2022b

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Origin 2022b New Feature Highlights

Visit www.originlab.com For Origin 2022b Feature Highlights, including a Highlights video.

• Export Graphs and Layouts to SVG Image Format: Graphs and layouts can now be exported in SVG format, allowing for easy editing of the exported file in applications such as Adobe Illustrator™.
• Workbook Buttons for New Sheet, Workbook Organizer: Buttons are added to workbook navigation to add new sheets or to toggle the Workbook Organizer on and off.
• Arrange Windows with Custom Sorting and Snapping: New dialog to arrange/tile windows by Project Explorer order, window name, window type, etc. Aligned windows can be "snapped" to a common edge by dragging.
• Rich Text Support in Notes Windows: Applies to standalone Notes or Notes added as workbook sheet. Use Format toolbar, apply document styles. Auto-wrapping.
• Rich Text Support for Worksheet Cell Notes: Use the Format toolbar and paragraph styles to style text in both label row and data cells.
• Insert Images into Graphs and Notes: Insert linked images from data cells, image windows, files or online, into labels in graphs or into Notes windows.
• Simplified Symbol Map Dialog: Open a smaller, tabbed dialog for inserting common symbols. Direct access to "Advanced" dialog.
• Distance Annotation on Graphs. A new Distance Annotation tool (Tools toolbar) for labeling the distance between to points on the graph.
• Expanded Named Range Support for Label Rows and Fitting Dialogs: Use label row values in calculations or placing reference lines. Use in fitting operations as parameters and bounds.
• Apps Gallery Improvements: Adjust icon spacing, plus dock the Gallery to top of workspace.
• New Graph Types: Bar Map, Circular Packing, and Right-Triangle Ternary.
• New Apps:

Features by Category

Data Handling

• New Workbook Buttons to Add Sheet, Show/Hide Organizer

• Column Label Row Support for Cell Comments

• Improved Set Column Value "Column" Handling of Duplicate Long Name

• Column Label Row Support for Named Range

• Tolerance Factor Added to Split Worksheet

• Improve ROI Support for Matrix Image Stack

• More Interpolation Options for Matrices incl. NetCDF Matrices

• Convert Project Links and Formulas to Raw Values

Notes

• Toolbar Support for Rich Text Editing of Notes Windows

• Paragraph-style Support in Notes Window

• Font Size Control for Individual Notes Windows

• Notes Window Support for Inserting Graphs, Images, Cell Values, LaTeX equations, etc.

• Insert Notes Window Content to Layout or Graph

• Print Rich Text Content to PDF

• Notes Window Support for KaTeX

Graphing

• Point-by-Point Legend improvements

• Data Highlighter Adds Support for Picking Rows in Multiple Sheets

• Insert Images into Graph Page Text Objects

• Simplified Symbol Map when Editing Legend or Text Object

• Mini Toolbar Button for "Add Label for Layers"

• Speed Improvement for Sankey Diagram

• Text Object Mini Toolbar Toggle for Link to Substitution

• Longer Minus in Tick Labels, Active Indicator in Legend

• Object Manager: Select Objects with Same Name

• Mini Toolbar Support for Modifying Multiple Selected Legend Objects

• Distance Annotation on Graphs

• Box Charts: Add Percentile tab > Edge Thickness Control

• Increment Line Style (dropdown)

• Box Chart Connect Lines tab Support for Connection Types

• Case Sensitive Sorting in Dialog Lists (e.g. Layer Contents)

• Support Wrapping of Tick Labels When No Space Between Characters

• Colormap Transparency for Image Plots

• Mini Toolbar Toggle for Speed Mode Banner Display

• Auto Import of Linked Images

• Better Batch Plotting Support for Multi-X Plots

• Column Width Control, Data Point Tooltip

• Alignment of Multi-line Data Labels

• New Axis Option for Scientific Notation

• Fit Page to Objects for Layout

New Graph Types

• New Graph Type: Bar Map

• New Graph Type: Circular Packing Graph

• New Graph Type: Right Angle Ternary

Analysis

General

• Pause Auto Recalculate Hotkey

• Batch Processing Improvements

• New Normalization Methods for Worksheet Columns

Gadget

• Customize ROI Label for Quick Fit Gadget

Fitting

• Named Range Support For Fitting Operations

• Support EMF/SVG for User-Defined Fitting Function Previews

• Parameter Initial Formula Improvements

• MT Button to Modify Displayed Digits in Result Table

Import and Export

• Export Graph or Layout to SVG Image

• Export Image Window Improvements

• Import Web Image to Image Window, plus Hotkeys for Import

• Excel Connector Improvement to Auto Detect Header

• Support Display of Origin Import Filters (*.oif) on Data Menu

Image Analysis

• Import GeoTIFF to Matrix Window

• Import GeoTIFF to Image Window

• Import Multi-frame TIFF Control for Display of Thumbnail or Slider

• NetCDF Import Improvements to Averaging and Handling of Numeric Year

• Export NetCDF Analysis Results to .nc File

Miscellaneous

• Disable Mini Toolbar Across Sessions

• Flexible System for Arranging Windows

• Resizing and Snapping of Windows in Workspace

• Undo Delete Workbook

• Control App Icon Spacing and Gallery Docking

• Update LabVIEW VI Files to add "Close References"

• Project Explorer Shortcut Key Control of Preview

• Adjust Window Size and Position For Display Resolution

• Improved Notification of Upgrades via Check for Updates

• Install Apps from the Origin Start Menu

• Install Cloud Template from Origin Start Menu

• Customize Behavior of Insert Object to Graph Button

• Subpanel of Project Explorer Displays Size When Show Folders is Checked

Programming

LabTalk

• Cell Notes LabTalk Access via Text Label/Legend Option @WN

• LabTalk System Variable for Disabling Sparklines

• Improve Notes Window Raw Text Editor

For more information, see Programming in Origin > LabTalk.

Origin C

• Add Function to matrixbase Class for Importing ASCII string
• Add Function to Get DataRange from Named Range.
• Add Function to Get List of Cells with Notes to Worksheet Class.

For more information, see Programming in Origin > Origin C.

Python

• Support Calling Fitting Functions in Python.
• Specify Package Version When Running pip Command.

For more information, see Programming in Origin > Python.

New Apps for Origin 2022b

• Zoom FFT
• Radiometric Geochronology Analysis
• Matrix Analysis
• NetCDF Data Analysis
• Tangential Baseline
• Mann-Kendall Test
• GeoTIFF Export
• Color Spectrum Plot
• Hansen Solubility Parameter Plot

To find out more about Origin Apps, including where you can get the free add-on Apps listed above, see the Apps for Origin chapter of this User Guide.