SigmaPlot 8.0 Offers Instant Access from Microsoft Excel.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2002 Latest Version of Graphing Software Eliminates Data Preparation Steps and Offers More Graphing Versatility SigmaPlot(R) 8.0, the latest version of the award winning technical graphing software from SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS), can be directly accessed from Microsoft(R) Excel - eliminating time-consuming cut-and-paste data preparation steps. SigmaPlot 8.0, which ships worldwide in mid-April, enables users to select SigmaPlot from the Excel menu and generate graphs from Excel worksheets, offering the ability to use data derived from in-cell formulas, store data and graphs in one convenient file and avoid time and date formatting problems. "In researching the SigmaPlot market we learned that current and prospective customers rely on Excel to store and manipulate their data. With SigmaPlot 8.0, users never need to leave the familiar Excel environment. They can even click on the graph in their Excel worksheet and select options in SigmaPlot's graph editing dialog to make any changes," says Ken Kirsten, senior product manager-SPSS Science. "SigmaPlot 8.0 offers the best of both worlds - keeping data in Excel and creating high-quality graphs with SigmaPlot." SigmaPlot is used by more than 100,000 researchers worldwide in life sciences, environmental sciences, medical research, chemistry and engineering to create precise technical graphs. Flexible editing capabilities, which enable users to present their results more accurately, and versatile export options have made SigmaPlot a leader among graphing software. In addition to the Excel integration, the latest version of SigmaPlot offers more editing flexibility and ease of use with new toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the palettes. As with Microsoft(R) Office applications and popular desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, products, customers can use the palettes to selectively modify graph objects, such as individual bars and lines; or modify multiple objects from a graph or page simultaneously. Other SigmaPlot 8.0 features include: - Multiple levels of undo - undo several sets of changes and experiment with different annotations on the graph - Auto Save Saving data to the disk at periodic intervals without user intervention. - SigmaPlot 8.0 automatically saves a backup file A file on a tape, removable disk or the fixed disk of another computer that is a copy kept for backup purposes. See backup types. every 10 minutes or the backup setting can be customized - SPSS 11.0 Integration - access SigmaPlot seamlessly from SPSS(R); launch the graph wizard right from the toolbar - Nudging - More graphical objects using arrows; nudge objects by one pixel - On page text editing The ability to change text by adding, deleting and rearranging letters, words, sentences and paragraphs. Text editing is the main operation users perform in word processors, which typically also handle graphics and other multimedia files. See text editor and word processing. - type and edit text on the page; edit multiple text objects simultaneously - Legend improvements - lock or unlock legends when making changes to worksheets, change column titles or use new data without resetting the legend labels - Export dialog - supply the desired size of image and SigmaPlot calculates the optimal DPI (Dots Per Inch) The measurement of the resolution of display and printing systems. A typical CRT screen provides 96 dpi, which provides 9,216 dots per square inch (96x96). Flat panel displays from 110 to 200 dpi have also been developed. - Microsoft(R)Windows(R)XP and ME support "SigmaPlot's direct interface with Excel, improved graphing and editing capabilities and integration with SPSS reflect the needs and work environments of our customers and prospects," says Ken Kirsten, senior product manager-SPSS Science. "Our objective is to integrate the sought after graphing capabilities of SigmaPlot in other applications to improve the user's workflow process." "Hands down it is the most comprehensive and flexible software for generating scientific graphs," says Joel Culpepper, biostatistician, Office of Research, University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
Pricing and availability The North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. commercial list price for SigmaPlot 8.0 is US$699. Upgrades are available to SigmaPlot 7.1 and 6.0 users for US $199, and to users of older versions for US $299. A variety of pricing programs, including special academic pricing, aggressive multiple unit pricing unit pricing n. The pricing of goods on the basis of cost per unit of measure. and site and network licensing, are available. Both SigmaPlot and SPSS can be purchased on the Web at either the SPSS online software store at www.spss.com/store or at the SPSS Science online software store at http://www.spssscience.com/buy.cfm. The software is also available for purchase over the phone at 800-543-2185. For more information, please visit www.sigmaplot.com. About SPSS Science SPSS Science provides award-winning software designed for research and technical professionals. SigmaPlot delivers unmatched graphing capabilities for presenting technical data. In addition to SigmaPlot, SPSS Science products include statistical, image analysis, gel electrophoresis gel electrophoresis n. Electrophoresis performed in a gel composed of agarose, polyacrylamide, or starch. and data mining packages. Clementine Clementine forty-niner’s drowned daughter; “lost and gone forever.” [Am. Music: Leach, 236] See : Grief , the leading data mining workbench, helps create powerful prediction models This article outlines the various propagation models currently used by the wireless industry for signal transmission at both 900 MHz and 1800 MHz. We start with the foundation of free-space transmission, followed by Picquenard’s multiple knife edge diffraction model. to find the fastest route to drug delivery. For more information visit: www.spssscience.com. About the SPSS Business Intelligence division The SPSS Business Intelligence division helps people solve business problems using statistics and data mining. This predictive technology enables our customers in the commercial, higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. and public sectors to make better decisions and improve results. The SPSS Business Intelligence division software and services are used successfully in a wide range of applications, including customer attraction and retention, cross-selling, survey research, fraud detection, enrollment management, Web site performance, forecasting and scientific research. The SPSS Business Intelligence division's market-leading products include SPSS(R), Clementine(R), AnswerTree(R), DecisionTime(R) and SigmaPlot(R). For more information, visit our Web site at www.spssbi.com. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, is a multinational computer software company providing technology that transforms data into insight through the use of predictive analytics Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics and data mining that process current and historical data in order to make “predictions” about future events. and other data mining techniques. The company's solutions and products enable organizations to manage the future by learning from the past, understanding the present, as well as predicting potential problems and opportunities. For more information, visit www.spss.com. SPSS information is available on the World Wide Web through the SPSS Press Center at: www.spss.com/press |
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