Q: What parts of an Origin Project (OPJ or OPJU) does the Viewer let me see?Ī: You can view most Origin project file content in the Viewer.Note: These opinions are personal opinions and do not imply any statement, endorsement or preference of the U.S. USEPA, Office of Research and Development With this Viewer, I don't have to export my graphs, I can simply have my colleagues use the Viewer.”
“ I have some Origin figures I want to share with colleagues. Having viewer will facilitate review of report plots in Origin format, rather than multiple time consuming iterations of conversion to PDF.”
“ Flight Test Engineer staff uses Origin for data reduction and plots. You can learn more about the Viewer by watching this Video Tutorial. You can read more about bug fixes and changes in past and present versions of the Viewer, in our Release Notes. Click and drag a 3D OpenGL graph in the Viewer window to change the view angle.
Double-click on a graph icon in the Origin Viewer to open the graph in a resizable graph window (multiple graph windows may be opened simultaneously). In addition, some objects created by LabTalk script may not be supported.
Viewing of matrix images or image plots with the Windows Viewer requires ImagePack file download (see FAQ section).Explorer panel support for extra-large icons view, mouseover graph previews, icon or details views of windows, show/hide columns of details view (Windows only).Support for viewing and rotating Origin's 3D OpenGL graphs.Graph zoom in, zoom out and whole page (restore) views.Use the Viewer to convert OPJU files to the older OPJ format.Both the Windows and Mac Viewer support the newer OPJU, OGGU, OGWU file types, introduced in Origin 2018.
For backward compatibility, Origin users and non-users alike will appreciate that the free Viewer can convert OPJU files to the older OPJ format. These files cannot be opened in pre-2018 versions of Origin (Origin 2018 and newer versions retain the ability to save files in the older OPJ format). Origin 2018 introduced a new Unicode-compliant (UTF-8) project file type - the OPJU file. If you are collaborating on a report or manuscript, pack the Viewer along with your project file, and the lead author can copy and paste your data and graphs where needed, into the document. Double-click to run the executable, drop your Origin project file onto the Viewer and you are ready to go. In addition, because the Viewer can be carried on a thumb-drive, it allows for impromptu sharing of Origin data and graphs in meetings and classroom settings. Non-users will find the Origin project's "folder and file" structure to be be intuitive and easy to navigate. The Viewer does not require installation and it is quickly mastered, making it an ideal way to share your Origin data with colleagues who may not be Origin users.
This updated Viewer supports Origin's newest OPJU project file and window file (OGGU, OGWU, OGMU) formats, as well as the older OPJ and OGG, OGW, and OGM file formats. The Origin Vieweris a freely distributed, standalone application that allows viewing and copying of information contained in Origin project files and Origin window files, on computers that do not have Origin installed.