10.1. Standard Analysis Packages 587
Most of the tasks in Origin can be performed through its menu driven com-
mands. However to develop a complete customized data analysis package one can
choose to use its programming environment. A typical screen shot of Origin is
shown in Fig.10.1.15. Note that here we have converted the image into gray scale
from its original multicolor version.
Figure 10.1.15: A typical screen shot of Origin (courtesy of OriginLab)B.1 Data Import Capabilities
In order to make Origin compatible with most of the standard software packages,
its authors have designed it such that it could handle very diverse data file types
used by other standard softwares. Following are some of the data formats for which
Origin has built in import utilities.
ASCII delimited text (DAT, CSV, TXT, etc.)LotusData Interchange FormatThermo Galactic SPCMATLABMiniTab