Just open the Excel file with File|Open Excel. Origin 7.5 can work with data from Excel without having to importit into an Origin worksheet. If Origin's default options for parsingthe text file don't work, try the File|Import command andprovide more information about the structure of your data file. Select the kind of file from the popupmenu, then pick the file. Text Import from a Fileįor simple files, you can use the File|Open command toaccess the text file.
Save the data in a text fileand proceed with the following, instead. If the data are not tab-delimited (e.g., comma separatedvalues), this method does not work. If the data exist in some other program, copy them to theclipboard, switch to Origin, select the upper left corner of theregion of a data sheet into which you wish to place the data, andpaste. Double click on the column name to edit column headings, and to set display formats and options Import from the Clipboard.Enter advances the cursor down the column.Keyboard EntryType your data in columns noting the following points: You can set the function of a column using thecolumn box obtained by double-clicking on the column head, orwith the pop-up menu obtained by right-clicking on the columnhead. By default, the first column is called A(X), the secondis B(Y), and additional columns may be added using Column|AddNew Columns. In Origin, a column may be designated to represent Xvalues, Y values, Z values, X error bars, Y error bars, orlabels. Instructions for importingcommon kinds of data follow here.īear in mind this important point: the basic unit of data is thecolumn. The action starts inthe File|Import menu item, and you can learn about variousfile formats in the online help. You may type data directly into a data sheet or import data fromthe clipboard, from a text file, from an Excel data sheet, orfrom a large variety of other file formats. You can use Origin to plot data,transform raw data to more meaningful quantities throughcolumn-based calculations, compare data to a theoretical modelusing linear and nonlinear least-squares fitting, and determinethe quantitative agreement between the data and model.
#ORIGIN GRAPHING AND ANALYSIS WINDOWS#
Origin is a convenient data analysis and graphics program thatruns in Windows on PCs. Click on a feature of the graph,or the text links beneath it, to jump to the instructions forthat feature.
#ORIGIN GRAPHING AND ANALYSIS HOW TO#
To learn how to make a graph such as the one shown above, followthe discussion below the graph. Dimensional Analysis Plotting and Analyzing Data with Origin 7.5