Program Highlights

Three-Dimensional graphs, 2D-Pie and 3D-Pie Charts, Triangle graphs

Library of hundreds of predefined graphs which can be used as templates for customization

Built-in Worksheet with up to 254 columns and 32700 rows for extensive Data Analysis and statistical report generation

Extensive Online Help including bitmaps with "Hotspots" for pop-up definitions

Multiple Document Interface (MDI); making it possible to work with more than one Worksheet and/or Graph document at a time

TrueType fonts -- scalable outline fonts which are displayed on the screen exactly as they are printed

Adobe Type Manager (ATM) and other third party fonts are supported

The PlotIT Script Language provides total application control through an extensive list of function call-like statements. When combined with DDE commands, the script language can be used to build custom applications.

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and Local Links to allow linking of graphs to data in other applications and the PlotIT Worksheet

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) to enable inserting graphs made with PlotIT directly into documents within other applications

User-programmable PowerBar with hundreds of pre-defined graphical buttons

Worksheet analyses, such as Multiple Linear Regression with pre-defined models, Nonlinear Regression with pre-defined and user-defined models

Automatic conversion of DOS SPF binary file format to Windows SPF format

User-defined functions through the use of user-supplied Dynamic Link Libraries (.DLLs)

New Features for General Use:

Quick Wizard for fast starts of graph creation and data analysis worksheets, as well as step-by-step instructions for most worksheet operations -- useful for new PlotIT users

Tabbed dialog boxes, for fewer, simpler, and more organized dialog screens. Spin boxes (microscrolls) and super-chiseled look for state-of-the-art data entry

PLOTITW.CFG retains Dialog box information from one session to the next -- also keeps more dialog box information than previously

Double-precision numbers used for all Worksheet and internal Graph data storage

Undo command for both Worksheet and Graph documents

Enhanced Search and Replace in Script/Viewer documents

International date (dd.mm.yy vs. mm/dd/yy) support

Support for reading Excel 5.0 .XLS, Lotus 1-2-3 release 4.0 .WK4, Quattro Pro for Windows 5.0 .WB1, and dBASE II .DBF data files

Perpetual calendar

RPN Scientific calculator for advanced 80-bit precision computations

New Features for Graphing Data:

Improved Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and LocalLinks to allow linking of graphs to data in other applications and the PlotIT Worksheet; automatic opening of LocalLink worksheets, auto update of graphs with LocalLinks, and LocalLink support for User Labels

Enhanced Worksheet Graph Curve/SPQC dialog box for automatic, multiple curve definitions when adding LocalLink'ed Curves to a Graph document

Data selection for extracting a data file subset based on selection criteria

Graph Fitted Equation checkbox added to Regression Data Series for automatically adding a "y=fn(x)" curve to a Graph document

New Features for Creating Graphs:

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Client support to enable inserting OLE objects made within other applications directly into PlotIT Graph documents

New Graph Curve Types, such as Polynomial (with Confidence and Prediction belts) and Capability charts

New graph Vector types, including Image for inserting metafiles and bitmaps, Object for inserting OLE objects and equations

Enhanced Graph elements, including movable axis titles, major grid weight, tick weight, symbol weight, surface weight, axis label prefix and suffix, reversed-scale triangle graphs, SPQC rule violation boxes, Regline extension lines

Equation Editor for inserting mathematical equations in Graph documents

Group selection and hiding for Graph elements

Improved Metafile and Clipboard support for exporting graphs

Routed text support for immediate or delayed insertion of text files for Comments, Legends, and Axis Titles

Custom fill patterns, bitmap patterns, and line styles for true WYSIWYG plotting -- you are no longer at the mercy of Windows for doing it right

16 Custom Bitmap fill patterns added to override patterns 17 to 32, by adding CustomFillPat#=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 in [Graph] section

Percent Confidence, Variable Control Limits, and Eliminate Outliers for SPQC charts

Vertical text for Data Labels (use Indep Rotation in Font dialog)

Auto Add Legend checkbox added to Graph Add Element dialog box

Logscale standard error bars

Connect missing values, and treat text as missing

Automatic date/time stamping of graphs (also labeling with SPF name)

New Features for Data Analysis:

Worksheet size has doubled to 32700 rows

Data Analyses, including Chi-Square, Cluster Analysis, Crosstabulation, Group Regression, Hotelling's T, Lattice AOV, Multiple Discriminant Analysis, Nonparametric Statistics, and Principal Components

Series and Trend operations, including Filter, Standardize, Normalize, Pairwise Averages and Differences, Paired Differences, Normal Scores

Range Operations, including Cleave, Concatenate, Stack, Unstack, Conditional

Nonlinear Regression beta estimation; added Marquardt Compromise and Linearization methods with controllable tolerance levels for stopping criteria

Drag-and-Drop range operations in the Worksheet

Goto Cell command for Worksheet

New intrinsic Math functions, including floor, ceiling, ln (natural log), log10, rnd (random), fac (factorial), comb (combinations), and perm (permutations)

Relative R[1]C[1] addressing for Math Calculator (single cell transformations)