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Stanford
3.0

Excel
5.0c Win 3.1
7.0a Win 95
7.0a Win NT

PowerPoint
4.0d Win 3.1
7.0 Win 95
7.0 Win NT

MS Works
3.0c Win 3.1
4.0a Win 95
4.0a Win NT

KaleidaGraph
3.07 Win 3.1
3.07 Win 95
3.07 Win NT

DeltaGraph
4.0.3 Win 3.1
4.0.3 Win 95
4.0.3 Win NT

SigmaPlot
3.03 Win 3.1
3.03 Win 95
3.03 Win NT

Origin
4.1 Win 3.1
4.1 Win 95
4.1 Win NT
DATA HANDLING FACILITIES
Input (Keyboard, file) K,F K,F K,F K,F K,F K,F K,F K,F
Space, Comma, Tab delimited S S,C,T S,C,T S,C,T S,C,T S,C,T S,C,T S,C,T
Proprietary formats DIF,WK3,Excel WKS,WK1,WK3
WKQ		 RTF,Excel WKS,WK1,DBF
SYLK,Excel		 Excel WKS,WK1,WK3
WKQ,DIF,DBF
SYLK,Excel		 WKS,WKQ,DBF
DIF,Excel		 WKS,WK1,DBF DIF,Excel
Editing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sorting (Ascending,Descending) D A,D No A,D A,D A,D A,D A,D
Swap rows/columns Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not in worksheet
Transformations (Maths,Algebra,Trigonometry, Bessel,Gamma,Fourier ) M,A,T,B,G M,A,T,F No M,A,T M,A,T M,A,T M,A,T M,A,T,B,G,F
Graph & data directly linked Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  
Statistical analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maximum number of variables (Data sets) Limited by memory 256 256 255 256 per page 256 per page 16000 600 per worksheet
Maximum number of data points per data set Limited by memory 16384 16384 16384 32000 32000 31000 100000+
Are Missing values handled No Blank cell ignored Blank cells ignored Blank cells ignored Blank/masked cells plot/skip Blank cells plot/skip option Blank cells plot/skip option Blank cells plot/skip option?
Selects non-contiguous data No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
Interpolation (Linear, Parametric,Spline) L,P,S No No No L,P,S L,P,S L,S L,S
2-DIMENSIONAL DATA DISPLAY
Scatter (X/Y) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Line Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hi-Low Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Indirectly(error bars) Yes
Bar/Column (Overlaid,stacked,total=100%,3D) O,S,T,3D S,3D S,3D S,T,3D O,S O,S,3D O,S S,3D
Pie (Explode,3D) E,3D E,3D E,3D E,3D E E,3D E E
Histogram Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Area (Stacked,totals 100%,3D) Yes S,T,3D S,3D S,T,3D No S,T,3D No S
Bubble Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
Polar Graph Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vector Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Mixed Styles (when valid) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2D Contour Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
3-DIMENSIONAL DATA DISPLAY
3D scatter Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
3D Grid or regular column chart Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
3D histogram (X-Y) pairs Yes No No No No No No No
3D Surface Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
4D contour (combined surface+contour) Yes No No No No No No No
OTHER DISPLAY OPTIONS
X Error-Bars (data/function),(+/-),(asymmetric) D/F,+ & - D/F,+ & -,A No No D/F,+ & -,A D/F,+ & -,A D/F,+ & -,A D/F,+ & -,A
Y Error-Bars (data/function),(+/-),(asymmetric) D/F,+ & - D/F,+ & -,A No No D/F,+ & -,A D/F,+ & -,A D/F,+ & -,A D/F,+ & -,A
Curve fitting (Linear, Polynomial,Exponential, Logarithmic, Geometric, Hyperbolic, Fourier) Lin,P,E,G,H Lin,P,E,Log,G (Trendline option) No No Lin,P,E,Log,G (General Fit Option) Lin,P,E,Log,G,H Lin,P,E,Log,G,H Lin,P,E,Log,G,H
Plot maths functions Yes Indirectly No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
View point adjustment Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
Read Data points Yes No No No No No No Yes
CHART AXES
AXIS - Change width/colour Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Allow Broken or Separated Axes Yes No No No Indirectly Yes Yes Yes
Axis scaling user defined Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dual X/Y-axes Yes Dual Y Dual Y Dual Y Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logarithmic axes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Transposition of axes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
AXIS LABELLING - Allow edit of Axis titles Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Position/move Axis titles Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Orientation of Axis titles Horizontal,Vertical Horizontal,Vertical Horizontal,Vertical Horizontal,Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Yes Yes Horizontal/Vertical
Scientific notation, Sub/Superscripts Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Foreign character support Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TICK MARKS - Specify position Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Format options for tick mark labels Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Orientation options for tick mark labels Yes Yes Yes No Horizontal/Vertical Yes Yes Yes
Allow labelling only every Nth tickmark Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Grid lines on Chart Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OTHER CHART FACILITIES
Titles Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Legends Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Data Point labels Yes Yes No Pie/Bar only Line/Scat/Pie/Bar Yes No Yes
Text annotation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freehand drawing annotation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chart size/position adjustment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Background composition (Coloured,Graduated,Pattern,Bitmap) C,G,P,B C, P C, P C,G.P C C,G,P No C,P
Frame/Bounding box Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Multiple charts on page Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CHART OBJECT ATTRIBUTES
Number of line styles 5+ <5 5 5+ 5+ 64 5+ 5+
Number of line widths (user-defined) 5+ (u) <5 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ (u)
Number of symbol styles 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+
Type of fill styles (Coloured,Graduated,Pattern,Bitmap) C,G,P,B C, P C, G, P, B C,P C,G,P C,G,P C,P C,P
Size of pre-defined colur palette (user-defined) 117 56 56 256 64(u) 122(+16u) 64(u) 48(u)