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OmniGraphSketcher - 1.1 beta 1

Graph drawing and data plotting.

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Current Version:	1.1 beta 1
Release Date:	2009-10-28
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	355
Downloads (all versions):	4,279
Price:	$29.95

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Product Description:

OmniGraphSketcher helps you make elegant and precise graphs in seconds, simply by sketching what you want. Specifically designed for reports, presentations, and problem sets where you need to produce sharp-looking graphs on the fly, OmniGraphSketcher combines the data plotting power of charting applications with the ease of a basic drawing program.
Add as many lines as you like to represent goals, cutoffs, or other boundaries. Shade in areas, connect and align objects, and add labels anywhere on the graph as you go. Enter data visually with a click of the mouse, and if your data is already in a spreadsheet or database program, just copy and paste it right into OmniGraphSketcher.
OmniGraphSketcher has an intuitive and simple interface so that you can quickly find what you want, while behind-the-scenes algorithms take care of all the details. It's an ideal solution for anyone who needs to make plots and graphs without the hassle of using a complicated data visualization program.

What's new in this version:

New Features
- Support for LinkBack now makes it a lot easier to use other applications to extend the functionality of OmniGraphSketcher. When you choose "Copy As Image" and paste into a LinkBack-compliant application (such as OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner), you can now go back later to edit the graph simply by double-clicking the image. OmniGraphSketcher will open the graph and save any changes back to the containing document.
- Error Bars: Creating error bars to visualize uncertainty in the data used to be tricky and a bit tedious. A new Make Error Bars menu item can convert existing parallel data series into error bars, or it can create error bars with positive and negative offsets that you specify. See the Help documentation for more examples and information.
- Tracing: Need to make a nicer version of an existing graph image? You can now make the OmniGraphSketcher window transparent in order to draw directly on top of the source. (You'll find this option in the Canvas Inspector.)
- You can now create a copy of any set of graph objects by holding down Option as you drag. You can also choose Edit -> Duplicate.
- You can now drag axis titles anywhere along the axis. They will automatically snap to the centered position.
- You can now use Tab or Shift-Tab to jump to the next or previous text label anywhere on the graph. This makes it particularly easy to batch-edit the axis tick labels.
- New option to export graphs in EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format.
- New, printable Keyboard Shortcuts page (you'll find it in the Help menu).
Improved Functionality
- Improved the auto-scaling behavior when importing data so that it is more likely your axis ranges will automatically be what you expect. This should reduce the need to choose Scale To Fit Data as a manual step.
- Automatic point snapping now works consistently across the Modify, Draw, and Fill tools. It also now supports the situation where you want a line or fill edge to be simultaneously vertical (or horizontal) and snapped to another line (such as a data series). You can just move the point near the location where you want it to snap, or hold down the Shift key to force a horizontal or vertical constraint as part of the snap.
- When you drag to make a rectangular selection in Modify mode, you will now select all graph objects that overlap the selection rectangle. Hold down the Option key to only select objects fully contained in the rectangle.
- You can now drag axis ends (or any axis tick label) to scale the axis while the opposite end stays fixed.
- When dragging the bottom-right window corner to resize the canvas, it will now snap to a square grid -- i.e. make the grid spacing the same on both axes.
- Whether you're drawing lines, making fills, or editing text, you can now hit Return to confirm edits in progress, or hit Esc to cancel them.
- Now when you select a line and one or more free-floating points, then click one of the line type buttons on the inspector, the points will be added to the line. This is a useful shortcut for adding new points to data series as you get the data.
- Software Update can now ignore specific updates, and it supports secure and validated software update feeds.
Visual Changes
- Axes are now 1 pixel thick by default so as to make the contents of your graphs more prominent by comparison. (Like all other styles, this setting can be changed using "Make Current Styles Default".) Thin axes also now look better on-screen and in exported bitmap formats.
- Line equations are now shortened when possible (for example, "y = 3x + 0" becomes "y = 3x").
- The default color for the fifth imported data series is now a slightly lighter purple.
- The selection highlight now becomes gray on windows that do not have key focus.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed some intermittent issues with text editing.
- Data importing can now handle all combinations of parentheses and currency symbols around a number.
- QuickLook generator is now compatible with Snow Leopard Wiki Server as a standalone plugin.
- Smaller fixes and improvements.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

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