think-cell 10 now runs on macOS

With think-cell now branching across multiple platforms we took the opportunity to refresh the user interface. Icons in the Elements menu and context menu have a fresh new look.

With one click, you can change the chart type from this row of icons.

In the Data Links dialog you can now also easily select all charts linked to a specific Excel source file, and update them with one click (see Manage linked data with the Data Links dialog).

New buttons in the contextual toolbar help you easily update and revert, as well as switch to automatic updates for a chart.

Using the same scale for multiple charts also works with axis breaks. Setting the same scale does not remove existing breaks, and adding an axis break to one chart will automatically add it to other charts using the same scale.

The X axes can also be set to same scale if they are value-based or date-based. For example, you can easily set two line charts to show the same years, even when the date range covered by the data is different (see Match the scales of different axes).

Scatter and bubble charts now support same scale. You independently choose whether the X- or Y-axis should use the same scale.

Value axes support a reversed axis. Scatter and bubble charts support a numerically reversed axis. Column, clustered and area charts simply flip the chart. In a line chart with two axes, you can set one to a reversed order to highlight negative correlations (see Reverse the value axis).

On Windows, you can use Gmail when sending slides instead of Outlook. To enable this, you set "think-cell Send with Gmail" as the default email program (see Send and save slides).

The "Save Slides..." command uses a dialog which includes your Quick Access folders. At the bottom of the dialog, you can choose which slides to include and whether date and time should be added to the filename.

The font color of text in labels can be chosen and is not reset, even if the label background changes (see Font color).

The Load Style File command makes it easy to load previously used and default style files. Initially, it contains all styles included with think-cell for easy selection.

In the scatter chart, trendlines based on a power law, exponential or logarithmic relationship can be fitted to your data (see Trendlines).

You can represent the numerical scale of your chart with only gridlines instead of an axis line, instead of showing both (see Value axes).

Create slides with text content based on JSON input while using the full power and flexibility of smart text fields. The new named text fields serve as placeholders in your automation templates (see Advanced report automation).

• You can run the JSON automation as a server (see Create presentations remotely).
• You can call the JSON automation process from the command line (see Create presentations with JSON data).