Introduction

Origin is designed to be a complete graphing and analysis solution for researchers covering a broad range of scientific disciplines. Origin provides you with a variety of tools and options for importing, transforming, manipulating, graphing, and analyzing your data, as well as for publishing your results.

When using Origin, a typical user will perform at least one, if not all of the following operations:

• Bring data into Origin
• Prepare the data for graphing and analysis
  
• Graph the data
• Analyze the data
  
• Customize the graph
  
• Export or print the graph for a publication or presentation
• Organize the project
• Incorporate programming to improve efficiency