Plotting and nonlinear fitting software https://magicplot.com/wiki/ 2026-08-01T23:35:19+00:00 https://magicplot.com/wiki/ https://magicplot.com/wiki/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2016-07-05T10:11:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/add_axes?rev=1467713494&do=diff Adding and Arranging Axes Boxes on a Figure You can add a new Axes box to a Figure using the Add menu either in the Figure window or in the Figure properties dialog. The Add & Arrange Axes as Table menu item can also be used for arranging of the existing Axes boxes as a table. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/antialiasing?rev=1446974484&do=diff Switching Curves Antialiasing on the Screen Antialiasing off Antialiasing on You can toggle curves antialiasing (smoothing) by selecting View -> Curves Antialiasing in main menu. Please note that antialiasing may slow down the drawing if you have many data points (~100K). text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/axes_components?rev=1446974484&do=diff Adding and Arranging Curves on Figure Axes The best way to create a Figure with desired data is to select x and y data columns in Table and use Create Figure in Table context menu. There are different ways to add data to existing Figure: * Select x and y columns in table with data, open table context menu (right click) and select text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/axis_multiplier?rev=1446974484&do=diff Specifying Axis Multiplier, Prefix and Suffix MagicPlot can multiply the values on axis, add prefix and suffix. As an example you can use multiplier for removing redundant ×1012 notation from all labels and placing it manually. Suffix can be used to add units to all axis labels. This properties can be set in text/html 2021-01-14T14:15:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/batch?rev=1610633740&do=diff Batch Processing MagicPlot Batch Processing allows to automatically process multiple similar data in the same way without programming (scripting) and recording of macro. One only have to ordinarily process the first data set manually and then use it as a template for processing of the rest data sets. Batch Processing includes the processing of data itself and semiautomatic fitting of the series of similar data. text/html 2017-12-20T09:26:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/bigdata?rev=1513762011&do=diff MagicPlot and Big Data Sets MagicPlot is optimized for data sets up to about 100 MBytes but it can even handle larger data sets. You need to pay attention to memory consumption and available physical memory in such case. MagicPlot is based on Java technology and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) needs to specify the maximum available memory (heap size limit) on the start. The heap size limit must not be greater than the amount of physical memory currently available. MagicPlot executables for Wind… text/html 2021-01-12T10:40:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/calculator?rev=1610448039&do=diff MagicPlot Calculator MagicPlot Calculator is a useful formula calculator built in MagicPlot. To open calculator use Tools -> Calculator menu item. Using calculator outside MagicPlot Calculator window stays on top when MagicPlot main window is minimized to task bar (Dock on Mac), so you can use the Calculator when working with other applications. text/html 2021-01-13T14:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/cloning?rev=1610547157&do=diff Creating a Copy of Table, Fit Plot, Folder or Figure You can create a full copy of selected project components (Tables, Fit Plots, Figures and entire Folders) by selecting Create a Copy item on context menu. ['Create a Copy' menu item] What Data is Plotted on the Copied Fit Plots and Figures text/html 2021-01-14T14:17:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/colormap?rev=1610633870&do=diff Color Map Plots To create a Color Map Plot, open the Table with matrix data, open a context menu and select Create Figure -> Color Map item or use Create Figure button on the Toolbar. Selection in the table is ignored, the whole table is used for plotting matrix. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/colors?rev=1446974484&do=diff Colours and Opacity Adjustment In MagicPlot you can set the opacity of each object (curve, text label, rectangle, etc.) to make it semi-transparent. Opacity is treated as a property of object color. You can set opacity in Opacity sub-menu in color pop-up menu which opens by clicking on color button. Opacity percentage is shown on colour button. text/html 2021-01-14T14:14:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/convolution?rev=1610633665&do=diff Convolution and Deconvolution Open Table or Figure or Fit Plot with initial data, select desired curves or columns and click Processing → Convolution or Deconvolution menu item. Parameters Linear/Circular radio buttons specify the signal to be treated as periodic or not. text/html 2021-01-14T14:16:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/copy_image?rev=1610633774&do=diff Copying Images to Clipboard When you edit a presentation or report, it is very useful to paste images from MagicPlot to another application directly through clipboard without saving them. MagicPlot supports copying images to clipboard in both raster text/html 2021-01-14T14:14:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/correlation?rev=1610633686&do=diff Correlation Open Table or Figure or Fit Plot with initial data, select desired curves or columns and click Processing → Correlation menu item. Parameters Linear/Circular radio buttons specify the signal to be treated as periodic or not. Algorithm text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/create_figure?rev=1446974484&do=diff Creating a Figure To create a Figure select desired columns (one for X and one or more for Y) in Table and select Create Figure item in context menu. You also can use Create Figure button on the main toolbar. [Creating a Figure] A new Figure will be created and data selection dialog will be opened. Check the columns for plotting in the right list and specify which column must be treated as X. The rest columns will be used as Y values. So you can add multiple curves with different Y and the sa… text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/curves?rev=1446974484&do=diff Reading Plot Data, Measuring Distances, Curves Selection MagicPlot shows mouse cursor data coordinates in status line. If you have several axes on one Figure, cursor coordinates relative to selected axes are shown. Crosshair Cursor MagicPlot can draw crosshair cursor. To turn it on use text/html 2021-01-16T15:42:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/custom_fit_equation?rev=1610811733&do=diff Specifying Custom Fit Equation To specify custom fit function formula, press Add button and select Custom Equation in popup menu. * Enter your formula in y(x)= text field below. Use x as fit function argument. See Expression Syntax for details. * You may recall last entered custom fit functions using text/html 2021-01-14T14:14:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/differentiation?rev=1610633641&do=diff Differentiation Open Table or Figure or Plot with initial data and use Processing -> Differentiate menu item. Algorithm To perform differentiation you should specify two columns: x and y. Missing values are ignored. MagicPlot uses central difference formula to compute the derivative: text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/dimensions?rev=1446974484&do=diff Using of Dimensions Toolbar This toolbar is intended for precise setting of the position and size of one or more selected drawn objects on Figure or Fit Plot. You can open Drawing Dimensions toolbar by selecting Tools -> Drawing Dimensions in main menu. Dimensions toolbar may be left opened. text/html 2021-01-14T14:17:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/drawing?rev=1610633834&do=diff Drawing on Figures and Fit Plots, Image Zoom and Objects Selection You can draw the following kinds of objects on Figures and Fit Plots: * Text labels with formatting support * Lines * Arrows * Rectangles * Ellipses * Inserting images text/html 2021-01-16T14:25:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/expressions?rev=1610807132&do=diff Expression Syntax Formula editor is used in the following cases: * Setting Column Formula * Custom Fit Curve * Entering value in any numeric field and in tables * MagicPlot Calculator MagicPlot uses standard IEEE 754 double precision floating-point arithmetic. Double precision floating point takes 8 bytes per number and provides a relative precision of about 16 decimal digits and magnitude range from about 10 text/html 2020-01-29T21:38:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/faq?rev=1580333932&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions • On Windows OS MagicPlot is selected as an application to open .mppz files but it doesn't run with double click on a project file The possible cause: MagicPlotPro.exe file was moved, or the new version of the application is located in another folder. Windows stores file associations in tho steps: the name of the application (MagicPlotPro.exe) and the path to the application. Sometimes the path to the application need to be fixed manually. text/html 2021-01-14T14:14:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/fft?rev=1610633651&do=diff Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Open Table or Figure or Plot with initial data and use Processing -> Fast Fourier Transform menu item to perform FFT. Fast Fourier transform algorithm computes discrete Fourier transform exactly and is used to considerably speed up the calculations. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/figure_properties?rev=1446974484&do=diff Axes Style Editing Axes style can be set in Figure Properties window (or Fit Plot Properties for Fit Plot). This window contains multiple tabs with axes drawing settings. [Figure Properties window] text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/fit_equations?rev=1446974484&do=diff Predefined Fit Curves Equations All predefined Fit Curves are listed in this table. You also can specify custom fit equation. Unlike custom fit equations these curves can be adjusted with mouse on Fit Plot. Name Formula Parameters Meaning Additional Properties Line text/html 2017-05-30T13:28:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/fit_formulas?rev=1496150893&do=diff Fitting Algorithm and Computational Formulas MagicPlot uses iterative Levenberg–Marquardt nonlinear least squares curve fitting algorithm which is widely used in most software. MagicPlot implementation of Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm is optimised for using with multi-core processors. MagicPlot successfully passed testing with NIST Nonlinear Regression datasets (see our text/html 2021-01-14T14:18:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/fitting?rev=1610633907&do=diff Nonlinear Curve Fitting: Fit Plot Creating a Fit Plot Nonlinear least squares data fitting (nonlinear regression) can be performed using Fit Plot. To create a Fit Plot, select your X and Y columns in Table, then select Table -> Create Fit Plot in the main menu, or use the same item in the Table context menu, or use text/html 2021-01-12T10:37:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/formula?rev=1610447830&do=diff Page moved to Expression Syntax. text/html 2021-01-16T15:42:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/getting_started?rev=1610811771&do=diff Getting Started: Tables, Figures, Fit Plots and Undo MagicPlot Projects contain Tables, Figures and Fit Plots. MagicPlot Project files have .mppz extension. * Tables contain numeric or text data. * Fit Plots are intended for non-linear curve fitting and subtracting baselines. text/html 2021-01-14T14:12:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/guess_peaks?rev=1610633577&do=diff Guessing Peaks MagicPlot can approximately locate peaks in spectrum. To locate peaks click on Guess button in Fit Curves tab of Fit Plot. Peaks are added at position of global extremum of data-baseline with previous peaks subtracted. When Guess Peaks text/html 2021-01-14T14:14:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/histogram?rev=1610633696&do=diff Histogram Calculation Open Table or Figure or Fit Plot with initial data and select Processing → Histogram menu item to calculate histogram. [Histogram creation dialog] Parameters You can either set the bin size/count manually or specify auto binning criteria. Bin Bounds text/html 2021-01-14T14:20:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/image_export?rev=1610634033&do=diff Image Export To export Figure or Fit Plot image click on Project -> Export Image menu item or use corresponding toolbar button. You can set various options of file export format by clicking on Format Options button in Export Image dialog window. You can also text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/image_preview?rev=1446974484&do=diff Preview Image Use Project -> Image Preview menu item to open image preview window. You can also use the Preview button of the toolbar or Ctrl+Shift+P keyboard shortcut (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac). Preview Features In preview mode you can: * Preview in gray scale text/html 2016-11-01T15:52:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/import?rev=1478015554&do=diff Importing Table from Text File (ASCII) Use Project → Import Text Table menu item to import table(s) from text file(s), also referred to as ASCII file(s). You may select multiple files in opened standard file dialog by holding Ctrl or Shift. * If you open multiple files, you can select the file to preview in files drop-down list (in text/html 2021-01-14T14:20:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/integration?rev=1610634017&do=diff Integration Open Table or Figure or Fit Plot with initial data and select Processing -> Integrate menu item. Baseline Correction If your initial data to be integrated contains a baseline (usually constant or linear), you may want to subtract it from data text/html 2021-01-14T14:19:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/interval_statistics?rev=1610633998&do=diff Calculating Integrals and Statistics on Intervals using Fit Plot Setting of intervals in Fit interval tab of Fit Plot was initially intended for specifying the range of data which are used for fitting by sum of fit curves. However, this tab can also be used to calculate integrals and statistics on these intervals. Data-Baseline is used to calculate the results. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/ipc?rev=1446974484&do=diff MagicPlot and Firewall FAQ " Q.: My firewall says that MagicPlot is trying to connect to the Internet, 127.0.0.1 IP-address. What is the purpose? " MagicPlot uses TCP/IP Internet protocol to maintain single instance of application launched. The 127.0.0.1 IP-address is a text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/joining?rev=1446974484&do=diff Joining the Parameters of Fit Curves In some cases you may want to fit the data with two peaks with the same amplitude for example. You can do this in two ways: by specifying custom Fit Curve with your equation or by joining the 'amplitude' parameters of two peaks. text/html 2021-01-12T10:20:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/keyboard_shortcuts?rev=1610446802&do=diff Keyboard Shortcuts MagicPlot keyboard shortcuts are almost the same in different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, UNIX-like). The main difference is in modifier keys used: Ctrl on PC (Windows, UNIX-like) and Command on Mac. Some shortcuts were altered to avoid coincidences with system ones. text/html 2021-01-11T15:00:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/launch?rev=1610377213&do=diff System Requirements and First Launch MagicPlot is a cross-platform application based on Java technology. Java Runtime is included in the MagicPlot distributive for Windows and Mac OS X. Running MagicPlot on Linux/Unix You need Java Runtime Environment (JRE) of version 11 or later to run MagicPlot 3.0. You can install Java using the package manager or get a free compiled copy here: text/html 2026-06-06T10:30:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/legacy_releases?rev=1780741800&do=diff Download Legacy MagicPlot Releases MagicPlot 3.0.1 May 06, 2021 Windows x64 MagicPlot3.0.1x64.zip Windows x32 MagicPlot3.0.1x32.zip MacOS MagicPlot3.0.1.zip Linux-like MagicPlot3.0.1nix.zip MagicPlot 2.9.3 March 01, 2020 Pro edition Student Edition Windows x64 MagicPlotPro2.9.3x64.zip MagicPlotStudent2.9.3x64.zip Windows x32 MagicPlotPro2.9.3x32.zip MagicPlotStudent2.9.3x32.zip MacOS MagicPlotPro2.9.3.zip MagicPlotStudent2.9.3.zip Linux-like text/html 2016-06-14T14:33:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/legend?rev=1465914793&do=diff How to Switch on deleted legend? * MagicPlot shows legend box if 1) legend is switched on in axes properties, and 2) legend text is present (not empty). * Deleting legend box on plot is equal to switching off legend in properties dialog. * Deleting legend text label on plot is equal to setting empty legend text. text/html 2026-06-06T18:34:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/magicplot_wiki_home?rev=1780770866&do=diff MagicPlot Manual Contents MagicPlot is a lightweight application for scientific and engineering data analysis, graphing, nonlinear curve fitting and multi-peak fitting. MagicPlot is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/Unix-like systems. Table of Contents text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/mppz?rev=1446974484&do=diff How to Open .mppz File? The .mppz file extension is used for MagicPlot project files. MagicPlot is a popular cross-platform application for scientific data analysis and plotting. MagicPlot project file .mppz contains data tables, plots and formulas. You can use MagicPlot Pro or MagicPlot Student for opening these files. Download MagicPlot application from the official site for free: text/html 2021-01-16T17:07:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/nan?rev=1610816839&do=diff Missing Values (NaN) in Tables and Calculations In computing, NaN, which stands for Not a Number, is a value or symbol that is usually produced as a result of an operation on invalid input operands. For example, most floating-point units are unable to explicitly calculate the square root of negative numbers, and will instead indicate that the operation was invalid and return a NaN result. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/new?rev=1446974484&do=diff Help topics on the Next MagicPlot Release <html><span style=“color:red”><b> These topics will be added to MagicPlot Help when next version is released. </b></html> * In Joining the Parameters of Fit Curves - new topic from Nonlinear Curve Fitting: Fit Plot * In Creating a Copy of Table, Fit Plot, Folder or Figure new topic * In Nonlinear Curve Fitting: Fit Plot: * about changing curves order by dragging text/html 2016-09-10T16:41:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/palettes?rev=1473525686&do=diff Additional Color Map Palettes MagicPlot application include 10 most usable palette presets for color map plots. More presets can be found on this page. CET Perceptually Uniform Colour Maps Download 50 MagicPlot .mppc presets in zip archive: [CETperceptual_MagicPlot.zip] [CET Presets in MagicPlot] This is a collection of color map palettes that have been designed to have uniform perceptual contrast over their whole range. More information can be found on author's site: text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/point?rev=1446974484&do=diff Point, pt (unit of measure) In typography, a point is the smallest unit of width or height measure. It is commonly abbreviated as pt. The desktop publishing point (DTP point) is defined as 1/72 inch, it is approximately 0.0139 inch or 0.353 mm. Twelve points make up a pica, and six picas make an inch. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/preferences?rev=1446974484&do=diff MagicPlot Preferences Preferences window can be opened from menu Project-MagicPlot Preferences or by Ctrl+U (Command-U on Mac OS) shortcut. Numeric Format Fitting Axes Rendering Text Layout text/html 2021-01-14T14:13:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/processing?rev=1610633604&do=diff Data Processing and Auto Recalculation Processing of Selected Data MagicPlot Pro supports the following processing methods available in Processing menu: * Smoothing * Integration * Differentiation * Fast Fourier Transform (forward and inverse) * Convolution * Deconvolution * Correlation * Histogram calculation To process data first select desired table columns or curves then select appropriate item in text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/quick_plot?rev=1446974484&do=diff Quick Plot Tool Quick Plot tool is used for viewing a plot of Table columns without adding new Figures to Project. Select Tools -> Quick Plot item to open this tool. [Quick Plot tool] When Quick Plot window is open select some columns in Table to view the plot. text/html 2026-06-06T10:57:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/release_notes?rev=1780743474&do=diff MagicPlot Full Release History MagicPlot 3.2, Major update, June 06, 2026 See also: Introducing MagicPlot 3.2 * 0000535: [Table] Table header column resize cursor is missed after setting column move cursor over the resize location * 0000214: [Import] Add skip columns feature in import dialog text/html 2021-01-14T14:20:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/scale_navigation?rev=1610634056&do=diff Scale Scrolling for Data Navigation MagicPlot provides useful plot data navigation (scale scrolling and zooming). Here are several tools and methods: * Mouse wheel rotation inside the current Axes box scrolls x/y or zooms x/y scale. Ctrl and Shift keys toggle the mode text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/screenshots?rev=1446974484&do=diff Screenshots Click on image to enlarge. MagicPlot Pro 1.3 on Windows Vista MagicPlot Pro 1.3 on Mac OS X MagicPlot Pro 1.3 on Ubuntu 10 text/html 2021-01-18T14:35:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/set_column_formula?rev=1610980505&do=diff Setting Column Formula There are two ways to set formula for column evaluation: 1. Select column and write formula in formula string. 2. Use Table -> Set Column Formula menu item to open column formula dialog window. See Expression Syntax for details. [ Set column formula dialog] Row Index text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/shift_curves?rev=1446974484&do=diff Shifting Curves on Figure and Creating 2D Waterfall MagicPlot allows you to set individual x and y shifts for every Curve on Figure. This feature may be used to compare several similar Curves on one Figure. [2D Waterfall Figure] Specified Curve shifts do not affect your data and are used only for drawing current Figure. text/html 2021-01-14T14:13:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/smoothing?rev=1610633618&do=diff Smoothing Open Table or Figure or Fit Plot with initial data and select Processing -> Smooth menu item. The opened processing dialog shows parameters, initial curves (semi-transparent) and smoothed preview. [Smoothing dialog] Parameters Periodic checkbox applies on calculation of first and last text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/sorting?rev=1446974484&do=diff Table Sorting To sort Table select Table -> Sort Table menu item. You can sort the entire table or only selected area (columns and rows selection). You can also use Sort by This Column item in Table context menu (exactly one column must be selected). text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/special_symbols?rev=1446974484&do=diff Inserting Special Symbols and Greek Letters MagicPlot supports any Unicode symbols, including Greek letters and many special symbols. The help on inserting Greek letters and special symbols is also available in Help menu. Typing Greek letters with Keyboard Shortcuts text/html 2021-01-14T14:12:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/spline?rev=1610633562&do=diff Using Spline for Baseline Subtraction You can use cubic spline to subtract baseline on Fit Plot. To create spline curve click on Add button in Fit Curves tab of Fit Plot and select Spline menu item. Do not use splines to subtract baselines which can be fit well enough with text/html 2021-01-14T14:15:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/statistics?rev=1610633705&do=diff Descriptive Statistics Select Tools -> Statistics menu item to open the statistics dialog. Statistics dialog shows statistics on currently selected table columns or curves on plot. The statistics is updated every time you activate different windows or change the selection in active window. Select multiple instances in one window (columns or curves) to view multiple statistics data. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/table_from_curves?rev=1446974484&do=diff Export Curves as Table Fit Curves and Fit Sum are treated as function equations in MagicPlot Fit Plots. But in some cases (e. g. to export and plot fit data with other application) you may want to create (x, y) table with Fit Curves y-values. For this purpose use text/html 2021-01-18T14:35:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/table?rev=1610980524&do=diff Table Editing In MagicPlot Tables are used to store numeric or text data depending on column type (numeric/text). Data Types MagicPlot supports these data types in Tables: Format Description Numeric 64-bit double precision floating-point numbers ( text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/templates?rev=1446974484&do=diff Using Figure Templates Figure Templates is a powerful tool for reusing axes layout of previously created Figures. To use Figure Templates, open Figure Properties window and select Templates tab. Templates are stored in a special folder in your operating system account profile. Project files do not contain templates; changes in Projects do not affect Templates. text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/transparent?rev=1446974484&do=diff Creating Transparent Figures and Fit Plots To create an image with transparent background open Figure Properties or Fit Plot Properties dialog window and set Transparent Background radio button in Canvas tab. The background of transparent Figures and Fit Plots is shown with a grey-and-white chequerboard. If you are preparing a picture for a dark background you can change the colour of chequerboard to dark grey by selecting text/html 2015-11-08T09:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://magicplot.com/wiki/typography?rev=1446974484&do=diff Advanced Typography Features MagicPlot provides accurate typography in text labels and axes labels. You may toggle some features in 'Typography' tab of MagicPlot Preferences. [Typography tab in MagicPlot Preferences window] Ligatures Support MagicPlot supports Latin ligatures in text labels. If you type 'fi', 'fl', etc., those symbols will be shown with ligature glyphs when you exit edit mode.