New 32-bit Version of PlotIT for Windows Supports OLE 2.0

November 30, 1993, Haslett, Michigan -- Version 3.2 of PlotIT for Windows,
from Scientific Programming Enterprises (SPE) will soon be shipping. The
new version provides a number of new interface and data manipulation
features to give scientists and technical people additional control over
the process of graphing numerical data.

True 32-bit Application, OLE 2.0 Support 

Version 3.2 of PlotIT for Windows improves on the previous release in
several important ways. A true 32-bit application, it will run under
Windows 3.1 (Win32s), Windows 4.0, and Windows NT, expanding the universe
of operating environments available to PlotIT users. PlotIT version 3.2
now supports Microsoft's OLE 2.0 (Object Linking and Embedding), so users
can include PlotIT graphs in other applications.

More Control Over Graphing and Data, Bigger Worksheets 

The new version of PlotIT provides users with more control over the
graphing process. The new Graph Group Selection command lets users choose
multiple elements for dragging or resizing. Another new graphing feature
allows users to plot automatic multiple curves directly from a worksheet,
and PlotIT 3.2 provides better support for thick patterned lines.

Users also gain additional control over data with the new version. Grid
generation NOW includes the inverse distance interpolation method, and the
new version increases the precision of numeric values to double precision.
With Version 3.2, users can dynamically select data while reading data
files using arithmetic relational or logical operators, and can jump
quickly to any cell in a worksheet with the new "go to cell" command.
Version 3.2 also adds support for Macintosh generated ASCII files. The new
version of PlotIT doubles the size of a worksheet from 16,300 rows to
32,700 rows.

Interface improvements include a new worksheet scrollbar range that more
closely resembles the familiar scrollbar range used by Microsoft Excel. To
make script debugging easier, error lines in Script documents are now
highlighted, and highlighted sections can be executed without running the
entire script. Script and Viewer documents include line numbers and have
text search and replace capabilities in addition to all the standard
Windows cut and paste functions.

New Help Wizard Feature Assists Users in Learning 

Continuing PlotIT's tradition of thorough and extensive online help, the
new Help Wizard interactively demonstrates most worksheet commands. While
the user watches, the Help Wizard creates and manipulates sample data sets
and performs statistical analyses to help users understand how the
commands work.

PlotIT Capabilities

PlotIT is a graphing and numerical analysis program that uses a worksheet
for data manipulation and a graphing component for data display. In the
worksheet, users can enter or import data, perform transformations using
the Math Library or custom functions, and generate statistical tables.
Just to name a few of the statistical procedures: Chi-Square,
Crosstabulation, Principal Components, Nonlinear and Multiple Linear
Regression, Multidiscriminant, Hotelling's T, Mann-Whitney,
Kruskal-Wallace, and Wilcoxon's Analyses. A simple click on the Graph
Curve button produces a graph of the worksheet data.

The program provides a full complement of both business and technical
graphs, including 3D surface and contour graphs, 2D line graphs, bar
charts, scatter charts, standard error bar charts, quality control charts,
polar graphs, pie charts, and triangle graphs. Analysis capabilities
include curve fitting, regression, distribution, trend and series
analysis, equation solving and root finding, and basic group statistics.
PlotIT can use data from Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Borland's Quattro
Pro and dBASE, or ASCII data files -- all without conversion and can write
Microsoft Excel files directly.

Users can define new graphs using the basic graph elements or by selecting
from PlotIT's library of predefined graphs. PlotIT automatically generates
and scales axes, which users can later customize, using logarithmic,
percentage, probit, or polar scales. PlotIT's Association Level technique
allows multiple curves and axes anywhere on a single graph. The Picture
Show feature lets users view a series of graphs in a slide presentation.

PlotIT provides users with control over every aspect of their data,
allowing them to set patterns for fill, line, and color, vary line
thickness, and change axis and data labels. The interface makes extensive
use of drag-and-drop and point-and-click techniques, eliminating the need
for users to wade through menus and dialog boxes.

Users can include graphs in other Windows applications by copying them to
the Windows Clipboard, using OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) or
exporting to bitmap or vector formats. PlotIT can be integrated with other
applications using DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange).

System Requirements and Price

PlotIT 3.2 for Windows requires Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher (or Windows
NT), 2MB of RAM, a hard disk, and a VGA or SVGA display. It is available
now from SPE for $495.

Scientific Programming Enterprises (SPE)
P.O. Box 669, Haslett, MI, 48840
(517) 339-9859; FAX: (517) 339-4376.

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