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We have a beta release containing several user-requested features now available at www.dplot.com/beta/dplotsetup.exe. Download this file to a temporary folder and run it to install DPlot. Licensed users should install to the same folder where DPlot currently resides (by default that's c:\program files\dplot).

Changes:

• Added Polar Plot Options menu command. This replaces the Units command for polar plots and also allows you to specify the orientation of the plot (0 degrees at the top of the plot and/or clockwise angles). Added PolarPlotStyle macro/DDE command to make these same settings.
  
• Point labels (added with Text>Label points menu command) may now be included on polar plots.
  
• Negative angles are now allowed as input for polar plots.
  
• Starting with this version, if the currently active document window is maximized, then new document windows (created by the File>New command, for example) will also be maximized.
  
• Support for unformatted binary files has been expanded to allow multiple curves in the same file.
  
• "Smoothing window" parameter of the Edit>Smooth command and "Interval" and "Interpolation method" parameters of the Edit>Equal Intervals command are now persistent. (Previous versions always reset these controls to default values.)
  
• Added "None" number formatting, which is useful for creating blank graph paper. See the modified "How do I?" Help topic on creating graph paper for a simple macro that creates blank log-log paper.
  
• Title lines for all types of plot are now centered horizontally on the plot, not including axis labels or other objects outside the plot box. In previous versions the title lines were centered on the output width, which led to inconsistencies between the display and metafiles.
  
• In previous versions of DPlot, the legend and notes were forced to be on the screen. Unfortunately this led to inconsistent placement between what was seen on the screen and printed or copied to metafiles if, for example, the legend was placed well outside of the plot. In this version the legend and notes are no longer restricted in this way, so that you should get consistent placement on all output devices. This creates a new problem, though: it is now possible to resize a plot such that the legend or notes are completely off the screen and inaccessible. A new menu command (Text>Force legend/notes on screen) has been added to move those items such that they are completely visible on the display. This command is not persistent; it only changes placement at the time you use it.
  
• Insert Link menu command is now quite a bit more useful, and in general the functionality of linking data from other applications has been improved. The Insert Link dialog now shows recently used links, which may be selected and re-used. There's also a Current links list which shows all of the links for the active document and allows you to unlink data. Most importantly, DPlot now behaves correctly with multiple links in the same document. Thanks to Raymond Delaforce for all of the suggestions.
  
• And one bug fix: Symbols used in the legend were clipped if the legend was placed outside the plot.
  

Coming soon: Support for pasting/linking to binary data (BIFF for the Excel gurus) from Excel (or any other application that uses this format). What that means for Excel users is that you'll no longer need to be overly concerned with how your data is formatted. Calendar dates, currencies, and numbers with 8 significant digits that are only formatted with 3 significant digits will all be transferred as you'd expect.

As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.
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