Origin 2022 Feature Highlights

Several improvements have been made to the Object manager window in this version:

• Switch to Graph Objects view to manipulate non-data plot elements such as text labels, drawn objects and images
• Mini Toolbar to make quick edits to selected objects, including grouping and ungrouping of multiple elements
• Support for Layout window
• Select multiple plots or objects to manipulate together
• View list of Named Ranges in book. Double-click on any entry to open Named Range Manager dialog.

Several improvements have been made to Notes and Comments in this version:

• Add Notes to individual Worksheet Cells, similar to Excel and Google Sheets
• Excel Cell Notes supported when importing Excel file
• Insert images from Image Window in Notes
• Assign custom color to Worksheet Tab when adding comments

HTML and Markdown notes can now include imported images from the new Image Window

This version supports assigning Names to cells for later use in worksheet calculations:

• Assign name to a cell, a range of cells, or a column
• Names can be defined with scope set to sheet, book or project level
• Use the defined names in cell formula and column formula for calculations
• Names can also be used for Reference Lines in graphs
• Name Manager dialog to manage defined names
• Use auto-complete to quickly find and insert functions and range names to complete your formula
• View list of Named Ranges in Object Manger. Double-click to open Named Range Manager dialog
• Use Name as function for calculating interpolated values

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Several improvements have been made to inserting and editing images in graphs:

• Insert image from file or from existing Image Window
• Open inserted image in Image Window
• Mini toolbar for basic manipulations such as rotate, flip, etc.
• Link image to external file to reduce project file size and save image relative to project file
• Add region of interest (ROI) and clip or crop image to update graph

Images can also be set as layer background in graphs:

• Set image X,Y start and end co-ordinates values, and units
• If image has scale marker, set scale interactively using ROI
• Useful image information displayed on status bar
• Insert image as layer background in graphs with associated data
• Insert same into multiple graphs set to different X, Y scale ranges

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Grid settings for Graph and Layout pages can be customized in this version:

• Specify custom page grid settings for Graph and Layout pages separately
• Specify vertical and horizontal spacing as well as offsets, in inches or centimeters
• Settings will apply to all graphs/layouts when grid is turned on
• Snap layers and objects to grid. Snap settings are also remembered

Download templates from OriginLab website using the new Template Center dialog

• Download Graph or Book templates
• Search and find templates or browse by category
• Downloaded Graph templates will be displayed under Extended category in Template Library dialog
• Downloaded Book templates will be accessible from the File->New->Workbook/Matrix menu under the Browse sub menu

Downloaded templates are accessible from the Template Library dialog as Extended templates.

A simplified graph export dialog has been added:

• Accessible from the new "Export->Graph" menu
• Supports PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and EMF file types
• Specify export size in pixels (for raster) or percentage of page (for vector)
• Specify DPI for raster formats
• Save settings as Themes for quick access

A new dialog has been added to customize copy-pasting a graph as image to other applications:

• Set format to PNG, EMF, DIB, HTML or JPEG
• Set DPI (for raster) and Image Size Factor
• Save settings as theme for quick access to custom settings
• Copy as image to clipboard and paste in other applications
• Use CTRL+C for last used settings without opening dialog

Copy graph as image to paste in other applications

A "Connect to Cloud" feature has been added to facilitate connecting to your cloud files from any PC:

• Connect to files located in your OneDrive or Google Drive cloud storage
• Text/CSV, Excel and Origin Project files are supported
• No need to setup a sync folder. Can connect from any PC
• Connection based on account authorization
• An "Open from Cloud" toolbar button is also available to simply open Text/CSV, Excel and Origin Template files without establishing a data connection

The following new graph types have been added in this version:

• Pie Map Plot >>
• Sunburst Plot >>
• Ridgeline Plot >>
• Cluster Plot >>

• Structural Equation Modeling PRO
• Drug Dissolution Analysis PRO
• Surface Roughness Parameters PRO
• Project Manager
• Ternary Contour Profile

• Advanced Time Series Analysis PRO
• Welch ANOVA PRO
• Overlap of Empirical Distributions PRO
• Redlich–Kister Polynomial Fit PRO
• N42 Connector

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