• Getting Started
• The Origin Interface
• Workbook
• Importing Data
• Data Manipulation

• Graphing
• LabVIEW
• General Analysis
• Fitting
• Statistics

Movie Recommendations and Requirements:

• Recommended screen display is at least 1024x768.
• Adobe^® Flash^® Player is required for playing the SWF movies.
• TechSmith^® Video Codec is required for playing the AVI movies.

Getting Started

Description

File Type (Size)

Quick Start

Learn how to quickly start using Origin from importing data, creating a graph, performing some analysis, and publishing your results.

WMV (7.51MB)

Introduction to OriginPro
NEW!

Learn about all of the extended analysis tools in the areas of peak fitting, surface fitting, statistics, signal processing and image processing offered in OriginPro.

WMV (11.3MB)

The Origin Interface

Description

File Type (Size)

Introduction to the
Origin Workspace

Take a tour around the Origin workspace to gain familiarity with the basics of the interface.

AVI (9.3MB)
FLASH (5.0MB)
WMV (2.8MB)

Introduction to
Menus, Toolbars,
Command Window,
Quick Help

Continue the tour of the Origin workspace by learning about the Origin menu bar, its suite of toolbars, and the Command and Quick Help windows.

AVI (9.7MB)
FLASH (5.8MB)
WMV (3.3MB)

Introduction to the
Origin Workbook

Gain familiarity with the new Origin workbook.

AVI (10.2MB)
FLASH (5.1MB)
WMV (3.4MB)

Introduction to the
Origin Matrix Window

Learn about the new mutli-tabbed Origin Matrix window.

AVI (19.0MB)
FLASH (13.6MB)
WMV (2.1MB)

Workbook

Description

File Type (Size)

Working with Excel

Learn how to copy and paste data from Excel with full precision, import Excel file(s) directly into an Origin workbook, and save the Origin project containing an Excel window which is linked to an external Excel file.

WMV: 1 2 3 4
 1 2 3 4

Copy Origin 8 Data and Paste to Excel

Learn how to copy Origin 8 data and paste it into Excel in full precision.

WMV (4.63MB)

Copy Excel Data and Paste to Origin 8

Learn how to copy Excel data and paste it into Origin 8 in the correct format.

WMV (3.63MB)

Column Designations*

Learn how to set column types.

AVI (4.4MB)
FLASH (3.4MB)
WMV (3.2MB)

Insert Graphs*

Learn how to insert graphs into worksheet cells and make those cells automatically resizable so that they fit within the worksheet window.

AVI (3.8MB)
FLASH (3.8MB)
WMV (3.4MB)

Extract Worksheet Data*

Learn how to use the Extract Worksheet Data dialog and set conditions.

AVI (4.7MB)
FLASH (4MB)
WMV (2.9MB)

Importing Data

Description

File Type (Size)

Importing Data

Learn how to import ASCII file, customize your Import ASCII dialog settings and save them for future reuse, and use the Import Wizard to import data file and customize the import settings.

WMV: 1 2 3
 1 2 3

Import Filter*

Learn how to create an import filter and use it to import similar files. (In the next movie, you can also embed LabTalk Script in the filter)

AVI (5.2MB)
FLASH (4MB)
WMV (3.5MB)

Script After Import*

Learn how to run LabTalk Script after importing data.

AVI (2.2MB)
FLASH (1.8MB)
WMV (1.9MB)

Partial Import*

Learn how to partially import data from other sources through the Clipboard.

AVI (2.1MB)
FLASH (1.8MB)
WMV (1.8MB)

Import Data from
a Database*

Learn how to access a database in Origin and import data.

AVI (8.9MB)
FLASH (7.9MB)
WMV (5.8MB)

Data Manipulation

Description

File Type (Size)

Data Reduction
NEW!

Learn how to use Origin and OriginPro 8.1 tools to perform data reduction with the following methods:
Origin - Delete Rows by Skipping, Mask and Delete Rows, Reduce Duplicate Data
OriginPro - Reduce by Group, Reduce to Evenly Spaced X, Decimation.

WMV: 

Pivot Table
NEW!

Learn how to use the built-in Pivot Table tool to quickly summarize data.

WMV: 

Setting Column Values

Learn how to set column values using values from other columns as well as from built-in functions, values contained in specific worksheet cell, or metadata stored in workbook.

WMV: 1 2 3 4
 1 2 3 4

Set Column Values*

Learn how to use the Set Column Values dialog to manipulate your data.

AVI (6.1MB)
FLASH (4.9MB)
WMV (4.8MB)

Graphing

Description

File Type (Size)

Merging and Arranging Graphs

Learn how to create a merge graph from multiple graphs, arrange layers, and display the opposite axis with nonlinear formula.

WMV: 1 2 3
 1 2 3

Creating a Graph

Learn how to create a graph using the graph toolbars or the Plot Details dialog, add data to an existing graph, and plot groups of plots by label.

WMV: 1 2 3
 1 2 3

Contour Plots and Color Mapping

Learn how to create a contour plot from a matrix data or from XYZ data, and customize the contour plot.

WMV: 1 2 3
 1 2 3

Customizing a Graph

Learn how to add a layer title, resize a layer, change the axes properties, save a graph as a template and reuse it, customize a graph by using theme, change the plotting order, customize a single data point or a grouped data plot.

WMV: 1 2 3 4 5
 1 2 3 4 5

Multi-Y Plots Using Templates

Learn how to quickly and easily create a multi-Y axis plot with axes and tick lable colors matching the plot color using pre-installed templates.

WMV(5.83MB)

Converting a Worksheet to Matrix Direct

Learn how to convert worksheet data to a matrix for Surface and Contour Plots, when x and y values are present in the first column and one of the column lable rows.

WMV(8.70MB)

Customizing Data Points In a Graph

Learn how to customize a single data point in a scatter graph, column/bar plot and pie chart.

WMV(5.12MB)

Add, remove or reorder data plots

Learn how to easily add, remove or reorder dataplots.

AVI (9.46MB)
WMV (6.38MB)

Graph Template*

Learn how to create a graph template and reuse it.

AVI (3.7MB)
FLASH (3.3MB)
WMV (2.9MB)

Graph Theme*

Learn how to copy + paste graph formats and save the formats as Theme.

AVI (3.7MB)
FLASH (3.6MB)
WMV (3.5MB)

Linking graph layers*

Learn how to plot graphs from Plot Setup dialog, and then link the graph layers.

AVI (4.5MB)
FLASH (3.9MB)
WMV (3.7MB)

Managing Layers*

Learn how to merge graphs and arrange the graph layers.

AVI (2.4MB)
FLASH (1.9MB)
WMV (2.2MB)

LabVIEW

Description

File Type (Size)

Use Origin with LabVIEW™ for Real-time DAQ Data Analysis

Learn how to use Origin with LabVIEW for Real-time DAQ Data Analysis.

WMV (7.25MB)

General Analysis

Description

File Type (Size)

Batch Processing

Learn how to create an analysis template, and use this template to batch process multiple data files.

WMV: 1 2
 1 2

Creating an
Analysis Template

Learn how to set up a workbook for repetitive analysis using a linear regression example.

AVI (12.7MB)
WMV (8.5MB)

Dialog Theme

Your own fly-out menu is created when you save a Dialog Theme. Save time later when using this menu to run your analysis.

AVI (7.43MB)
WMV (6.28MB)

Fitting

Description

File Type (Size)

Introduction to Curve Fitting

Learn how to fit with a built-in fitting function and change the settings for the output curve to add more points. Also, learn how to define and fit with a user-defined function.

WMV (7.52MB)

Nonlinear Curve Fitting

Learn how to graphically select the input data range to be fitted using the nonlinear curve fitter.

WMV (8.60MB)

Selecting Data Range from Fitter

Learn how to change the data plot for fitting from inside the fitter tool, and then also how to change the fit data range of the current data plot by using change parameters.

WMV (5.26MB)

Fitting Multiple Peaks with Peak Analyzer

Learn how to find and subtract baseline and then find and fit peaks. You'll also learn how to use the recalculate feature to re-use the saved operation settings to fit new peak data of similar nature.

WMV (9.23MB)

Masking Outliers

Learn how to mask faulty points or outliers to return better fitting results.

WMV (3.96MB)

User-defined
Fitting Functions*

Learn how to create a user-defined function and fit data.

AVI (6.6MB)
FLASH (5.6MB)
WMV (4.9MB)

Linear Fitting*

Learn how to perform a linear fit with outlier removal.

AVI (3.7MB)
FLASH (3.2MB)
WMV (3.0MB)

Fitting Replicate Data*

Learn how to fit multiple datasets such as replicate measurements, by treating them as one combined dataset.

AVI (4.7MB)
FLASH (4.1MB)
WMV (3.7MB)

Global Fitting*

Learn how to share parameters between datasets to perform a global fit.

AVI (3.3MB)
FLASH (2.8MB)
WMV (2.5MB)

Outputting Results*

Learn how to control where the results of the fitting session are outputted.

AVI (5.2MB)
FLASH (4.4MB)
WMV (4.8MB)

Statistics

Description

File Type (Size)

Descriptive Statistics

Learn how to use the Descriptive Statistics tool to attain statistical information of groups of data, and use the report sheet generated for further analysis and plotting.

WMV: 1 2 3
 1 2 3

2D Binning*

Learn how to perform a frequency count on 2D data.

AVI (2.9MB)
FLASH (2.5MB)
WMV (1.9MB)

ANOVA*

Learn how to perform One-Way and Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in Origin when your data are organized in two different ways.

AVI (9.3MB)
FLASH (7.6MB)
WMV (7.3MB)

Survival Analysis*

Learn how to perform Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and specify multiple censoring values in the dialog.

AVI (2.5MB)
FLASH (1.9MB)
WMV (2.3MB)

t Test*

Learn how to perform simple one and two population t-Tests and utilize the Hints field in the dialog for assistance.

AVI (3.6MB)
FLASH (2.7MB)
WMV (3.2MB)

Note: * means that the tutorial is provided without audio. However, text boxes are included in the flow of the movie to provide visual cues.