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Graph Types

Graph Types	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Forest Plots / Forest Graphs – 2 Types	NEW!
Kernel Density Plot – 5 Types	NEW!
Dot Density with Mean Plus Confidence Interval
Radar Plots
Dot Density Graphs
2D Vector Plots – Two Types
3D Mesh Plot with contour projections
Weibull Axis Scales to Plot Weibull distributions
Select Positive direction for Polar Plots
Create Reciprocal (Arrhenius) Scales
Area Plots – intersections
Area Plots – shade below curve
Function Plotter for 2D and 3D functions
2D Filled Contour
Waterfall / High-Low-Close
Ternary Plots / 3D Mesh

Graph Editing

Graph Editing	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Improved Default Appearance of Result Graphs	NEW!
Draw Lines, Ellipses, Boxes, Arrows with Solid Arrowheads	NEW!
Anti-Aliasing Button Added to Graph Page Tab > Format Group	NEW!
10 New Color Schemes
Horizontal, Vertical, Rectangular Legend Shapes
Reorder Legend Items
Mini-toolbar Editing of Legend Items
Simple Direct Labeling to Place Legend Text Next to Plots
Addition of Legend Titles
Reverse Legend Items
Mouse Editing of Legend Items and Box
New Zoom, Pan and Drag Controls
Mouse Wheel Scrolling Enabled
Color Gradients and Transparency
Anti-aliased Lines
Ability to scroll through time-series
Improved 3D Graph Customization
More Line Types and Fill Patterns
Automatically Graph Irregularly Spaced 3D Data
Automatic resizing and positioning groups of graphs
More Selectable Graph Objects & improved Graph Defaults
Automatically generate confidence bands for curve fits
More Axis Scales for 2D and 3D contour plots
Over 30 additional symbol shapes
Categorical Graphing support – avoid data reformatting
Microsoft Equation Editor support
Select and edit individual objects – lines, bars
Select and edit multiple objects
In-place text editing on page
Legends – auto lock to graph or data
Graph page rulers, adjustable snap-to grids
Transparent 3D meshes
Smooth and gradient 3D mesh fills

User Interface

User Interface	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Support for Unicode Characters and Symbols in worksheets, graphs, and reports	NEW!
Ribbon Interface Changes & Adapts with Program Selections	NEW!
Sample files in Help for Graphs, Statistics, Macros, Transforms, & Nonlinear Regression	NEW!
Transforms and "picking from column" allow you to create data dependent color gradients, symbols and sizes	NEW!
Rearrange Notebook Items by Dragging
New SigmaPlot Tutorial PDF
Microsoft Office Style Ribbon Controls
Object and Property Browsers
Immediate Dynamic Graph Update upon property change
Copy and Paste Property Group Styles
Tabbed Window Interface
Docking Panel Guides
Vertical and Horizontal Tab Grouping
Object Specific Mini-Toolbars
Customizable Quick Access Toolbar
Pre-Formatted Worksheets
Real-time Mouseover Coordinate Feedback
Program Startup Wizard
Submission Assistant
Customizable Transform Libraries
Audit Trails – Tracks Changes to Notebooks & Log-in Names
Password Protected Notebooks
Browser-style Notebook Manager
One-step multi-cell formatting
Duplicate row and column titles allowed
Print Preview
Freeze Panes, Find and Replace
Microsoft Excel Arrow Behavior
Text Wrap in Worksheet Cells
Editable Date and Time Formats
Column Titles Show Equations Used by Quick Transforms
Multiple Undo
AutoSave
Graph Style Gallery
Arrange Multiple Graphs on a Page with Templates
Graph Page Rulers and Adjustable Snap-to-Grids
Custom Zoom
Report Editor in Notebook

Data Analysis

Data Analysis	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Regression Wizard Improvements: Over 150 Graphically-Illustrated Equations	NEW!
Marquardt-Levenberg Algorithm with up to 50 Independent Variables and 500 Parameters	NEW!
Automatic Plot Regression Statistics	NEW!
Column Descriptive Statistics Generated Automatically – choose which and in what order	NEW!
One-Way Frequency Tables	NEW!
Welch’s T-test Assuming Unequal Variences	NEW!
Results Graphs from Statistics	NEW!
Principal Components Analysis (PCA)
Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)
Analytical Computation of Nonparametric P Values
Akaike Information Criterion (AICc)
24 Probability Functions in Curve Fit Library “standard.jfl”
7 Weighting Functions in Each Curve Fitting File
Enzyme Kinetics Module Included
Weighting Methods Using Predicteds and for Robust Regression
Parameter Covariance Matrix and Confidence Intervals in Reports
Implicit Function Curve Fitting
Non-parametric One Sample T-test
Deming Regression Allowing Errors in Both X and Y
Normal Distribution Comparison for Quality Control
Parallel Line Analysis
Bland-Altman Method for Method Comparison
P Value Improvement for Dunnett’s Test and Improved 3-way ANOVA
Worksheet Row and Column Titles from Transform Language
New Root() and Implicit() Transform Language Functions
Global Curve Fitting
Complete Advisory Statistical Analysis
Standard Curves Macro Improved
Dynamic Fit Wizard – Find the Global Minimum
ROC Curve Analysis
24 New Probability Transform Functions
Piecewise Linear Regression – 2, 3, 4 & 5-segment Models
Additional Statistical Results for Nonlinear Curve-fitting
Multi-line Equations
Simultaneously Solve for a Range of Values
Ligand Binding Analysis
Equation Solver to Evaluate Mathematical Equations
Six Smoothing Routines for 2D Data
Seven Smoothing Routines for 3D Data
Quick Transforms for Point-and-Click Data Transformations
Enhanced Histogram Wizard
Regression Wizard for Curve-fitting
Summary Statistics

Import / Export

Import / Export	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Added SVG and SWF Scalable Graphics Export in Vector File Formats
Added Vector PDF Export as Default Method
Minitab, SAS and SPSS file Import/Export
Enhanced PDF Export by New Report Engine
Support for EMF Files
SAS and Minitab Data File Import
Direct Graphic File Import on Graph Page BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF + many more
ODBC Import
PDF Export of Graphs & Reports
HTML Export of Reports
Import Microsoft Access MDB data
Graph Export Wizard – Calculate DPI, Page Size
True Color Vector EPS Graph Export
Compressed TIFF CMYK Graph Export
WebViewer
Raster EPS & CMYK Graph Export in 24-bit Color
Batch Print of Selected Items in Notebook
Export Graphic File Formats: TIFF, JPG, WMF, BMP, EPS

Automation

Aautomation	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Specify Graph Page measurement units used
Specify Automatic Legend States
Automatic Updating of Quick Transforms
Automatic Placement of Equations
Toolbox Macros Menu
Customizable Built-in Macros
Visual Basic-based Macros
Built-in Macro Recorder to Playback Operations
Automation Object Support – Link to Custom Applications
OLE and OLE 2 Client/Server

MS Windows Integration

MS Windows Integration	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Automatic Transfer of User Options During Software Upgrades
Import Excel files directly into SigmaPlot
Supports Silent Installation
Improved Network License Manager
Microsoft Excel^©, Word^© and PowerPoint^© Support
Run Microsoft Excel from within SigmaPlot^™

Error Bars

Error Bars	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Categorical Data (Groups) for Error Bar Plots
Percentile Method in Error Bars and Box Plots
Asymmetric Error Bars / Error Bars from Replicate Values
Error bar calculations – SD, SEM, 95% and 99%

Worksheet

Worksheet	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Enter colors, patterns, symbols, line styles, tick mark intervals, tick labels and more directly into your worksheet	NEW!
Line Widths from a Worksheet Column
Mini Tool Bar for Worksheet Cell Editing
Zoom Enabled Worksheet
Formatted Text in Worksheet Cells

Reports

Reports	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Insert Tables with Pre-defined Styles or Customize Completely
Copy / Paste Tabular Data Between Report and Excel Worksheet
Zoom Enabled in Reports
Vertical and Horizontal Rulers Appear in Graph Windows
Ability to Change the Report Background Color
New Report Engine Version
Drag ‘n Drop Word 2007 or 2010 Content Directly onto Report Page

Transforms

Transforms	v.14	v.13	v.12	v.11	v.10	v.9	v.8	v.7	v.6
Mathematical Transforms – User-defined dialog is now resizable and can be saved	NEW!
Improved User Interface for Quick Transforms Dialog	NEW!
Quick Transforms List Appears in Property Browser Object Window
Quick Worksheet Window Scrolling with Mouse Wheel

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What new features are missing from your older version of SigmaPlot?

Graph Types

Graph Editing

User Interface

Data Analysis

Import / Export

Automation

MS Windows Integration

Error Bars

Worksheet

Reports

Transforms

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