(June 22, 1992) - A new version of the PlotIt scientific and engineering graphics software system - PlotIt 2.0 for DOS and a variety of mini and mainframe operating systems - is now available from Scientific Programming Enterprises of Haslett, Michigan. PlotIt is designed to give scientists, researchers and engineers virtually unlimited power to transform their complex data into accurate, easy-to-understand charts and graphs for more effective analysis. PlotIt 2.0 for DOS includes these major new features: . Reads dBASE (.DBF) database files, Excel (.XLS) and Lotus 1-2-3 (.WKS) spreadsheet files, and ASCII files directly . FastFont technology: Provides high-quality outline fonts and gives you access to thousands of third-party fonts . Enhanced autoscaling capabilities . Greater parameter flexibility: save current parameter settings directly into configuration file as new defaults . New Compose/Edit feature lets you compose multiple graphs at once . Support for rotated x- and y-axis labels . Enhanced display: more styles, options and colors, including "invisible" . Plus 3D Pie Graphs, Pareto Charts, Bubble Graphs, Fence Plots and much more. PlotIt 2.0 for DEC/VAX, IBM, Prime, Masscomp, Data General, HewlettPackard, Sun, Unix and other operating systems includes these new features: ** a Faster plotting of 3D scatter and trajectory graphs ** Real-time graphics ** Enhanced Ishikawa (stem and leaf) diagrams ** Powerful GOTO capability speeds editing ** More parameter choices in every Graph type ** Automatic labeling of data values in all bar graphs using nine positions ** Multilingual configurations: English, French, German ** And much more All PlotIt versions let you choose from over 60 2D, 3D and SPQC graph types. Graphs can be plotted to paper or acetate using most printers. Interface options include command, menu, mouse, function key or batch. An On-Line Worksheet simplifies most spreadsheet operations, such as copying, deleting, filling, moving, sorting, and transforming. The Worksheet also provides complete statistical analysis functionality. A PlotIt version for Windows is also available. The DOS version of PlotIt 2.0 is priced at $495.00. Prices for mini and mainframe versions are available on request. All PlotIt versions are available directly from Scientific Programming Enterprises (SPE), P.O. Box 669, Haslett, Michigan 48840. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+