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cvhorie
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 09/11/2009 : 03:56:42 AM
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Origin Ver. 8 sr6
Operating System: XP sp3
This is really basic, from a beginner.
The worksheet column headings act as labels. So I want to input the text with subscripts or symbols, e.g. <degree symbol>C. I have tried preparing the text in Word then pasting it into the legend, but non-ascii formating is lost. The text tool creates a separate text block and does not apply to text in the cells.
How do I do it?
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greg
USA
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Posted - 09/11/2009 : 5:34:56 PM
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The top column header is the Column Short Name and there are several restrictions as to length and allowed characters.
OriginLab recommends leaving these names alone and using the Long Name header row for more descriptive text.
Elsewhere, any characters can be used, like 22 C, but if you need special formatting like subscript, colors, etc. you will need to use escape sequences and set the header row to use Rich Text:
Type this into any Column "Long Name"
22 C\-(\c2(min))
Press F4 to open Worksheet Properties
Click the Format tab
Select "Long Name" in Apply To
Check Rich Text
Click OK
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cvhorie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/12/2009 : 05:48:06 AM
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Thank you for this advice. With such powerful/complex program, documenting such details must be difficult, then enabling the neophyte to retrieve them.
1. Could help in context be introduced?
2. Could a help search box (c.f. MS programs) be introduced to the main menu bar? It is a long series of disrupting clicks to get to search.
3. It would be useful if your advice (below) was referenced to a standard source, or captured in a database users can access. Many problems have actually been addressed, but the term I might use for searching might not be the preferred term of Origin. So leading to a dead end, and a request for help.
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Inputting column headings