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butz

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Posted - 05/07/2018 :  09:41:27 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Origin Ver. and Service Release (Select Help-->About Origin): Pro 2015 Sr2
Operating System: Windows

Is there any way I can rotate a Mathtype equation in a plot, so I can lable e.g. the y-axis of a plot within origin?

YimingChen

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Posted - 05/07/2018 :  11:43:05 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi,

Would you mind using the Latex app to label your y axis with rotated equations?
https://www.originlab.com/FileExchange/details.aspx?fid=221

Thank you,

Yiming
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Chris D

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Posted - 05/08/2018 :  10:23:50 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi butz,

MathType equations cannot be rotated in Origin because they are, in fact, embedded objects (OLE) and not Origin "native" objects.

We have had this request before but have, so far, been unable to figure out how we can enable rotating OLE objects. It seems to be a limitation of Windows, at least for softwares like Origin.

Thanks,
Chris Drozdowski
Originlab Technical Support
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Hideo Fujii

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Posted - 05/08/2018 :  5:19:11 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi buts

Of course, I recommend to use LaTex! But, if you don't want to use the LaTex mark-up syntax,
or whatever the reason is to simply enter and rotate a math equation from MathType, you can
do the following work-around - all operable within Origin: 
1) Make a new Layout window. ("File> New> Layout")
2) Enter a MathType formula in the layout window. 
3) Enlarge the formula as big as possible in the window.
4) Copy the layout by CTRL-C.
5) Open the Digitizer tool. ("Tools> Digitizer")
5) Press Pink Folder icon ("Import from Clipboard"). 
  ==> A digitizer window appears with the formula image. 
6) Select "Image> Rotate" menu in Digitizer tool, and rotate the formula as you like. 
7) Before you click OK, drag the BLUE and RED lines out of the frame into the grey area. 
  Click OK. Close Digitizer tool.
8) In your graph, paste (Ctrl-V) the rotated image. You can press "Back (data)" tool button 
  not to hide your graph by the image frame.
Since copy-and-pasting MathType equation makes it to a bitmap, and you need enough resolution
not to show the jaggies, and step 3) is a key to prevent it.



Though no guarantee of your satisfaction, I hope this can help.

--Hideo Fujii
OriginLab
Edited by - Hideo Fujii on 05/08/2018 5:36:23 PM
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