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• Four new plot types: Double X, Double XY, Step, and Function (plot a formula).
• Creating Histograms has been simplified.
• Color and thickness of error bars can now be specified independently of the variable settings.
• Twelve new plot symbols.
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• Rulers and grids can be displayed to align plot, text, and graphics.
• Default attributes for equation labels now apply to tables for General and Polynomial fits.
• Bar plots with a log scale can use any value as a baseline.
• Objects can be duplicated by pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) and dragging the object.
• Column frame color can now be the same as the variable color.
• The Zoom Selection tool can be used to rescale the X2 and Y2 axes in Double Y, Double X, and Double XY plots.

• Rulers and grids can be displayed to align plots, text and graphics.
• New zoom settings: 125, 150, and 300%..
• Duplicate objects by pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) and dragging the object.

• Fully-stylized text labels simplify your work.
• Set offsets for superscripts and subscripts independently.
• Improved method for setting text defaults.
• Text labels - up to 2000 characters.

• Data window now supports up to 1000 columns and 1 million rows (memory permitting).
• Excel 97, 98, and 2000 files can now be opened directly.
• New Student-t command added to perform t-tests (one sample, paired, and independent).
• DDE client support (data windows only) added to the Windows version.
• Added support for y/m/d date format.
• New data windows are created with 10 columns and 100 rows.
• Text cells in the data window can now contain up to 50 characters.
• Maximum column width increased to 60 characters.
• Added command to close all data windows at once.
• Default date format can now be set for data imported from another application.

• Curve fit line values or residuals can be copied into the data window.
• Over 100 industry-specific curve fit definitions added for use with the General curve fit.

• OLE server support (plot windows only) added to the Windows version.
• GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and Windows Bitmap files can be imported or exported. EPS files can be exported using printer driver.
• Bitmaps (DIB format) can be pasted from the Clipboard in the Windows version.
• White space can be minimized when exporting a plot or layout.

• Online help completely redesigned. 
• Added shortcut menus (accessed by right-clicking under Windows or by pressing Control and clicking on Mac).
• Button bar added to the Windows version.
• Windowing date entry added for Y2K. Two-digit years less than 40 are displayed as 0xx.
• Recent Files command (File menu) lists the last 8 data or plot files accessed.
• Windows file name extensions can be appended when saving files from the Macintosh version.
• Add one or more columns to the data window via Column Format dialog.
• Plots are no longer hidden when a new plot is created.

• #CLOSE/OPT and #SAVE commands have been added.
• New options added to the commands: #METAFILE/OPT, #PICT/OPT, and #SCRIPT.

• Integer, error function, complimentary error function, fraction, and difference commands added to Functions menu.
• Factorial operator (!) added to the Operators menu.

• New commands: factorial, difference, error function, and complimentary error function.

2)   System Requirements