Additional Import/Export Formats Including
XLS and AVI

A wide range of new importing and exporting formats have been added for Mathematica 5.1, bringing the total to over 70.

Key new formats include:

Excel (.xls)--spreadsheet tables load in automatically and format as Mathematica matrices
Matlab (.mat)--MAT binary data files (with I/O performance comparable to Matlab's)
HDF5--common scientific data format now supported
TeX--handled through import/export and automatically on pasting from the clipboard
DIF--standard spreadsheet interchange format
Movie (.avi)--export-only capability
Additionally Import now supports direct import from URLs, as well as automatic uncompression of .gz files

AVI

Mathematica animations can be easily exported as AVI-format movies, allowing them immediately to be incorporated into a wide range of applications--including Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, Macromedia Flash animations, movies produced by Adobe Premiere, and web pages.

Excel

Data is easily loaded into Mathematica from Excel spreadsheets for advanced analysis and plotting. In the following example Mathematica calculates and visualizes the optimal shipping strategy based on supply-and-demand data for selected U.S. cities imported from an Excel spreadsheet.

TeX

TeX expressions can be pasted directly into Mathematica, where they are interpreted, typeset, and can be evaluated.

		Tutorials from The Mathematica Book Importing Graphics and Sounds Importing and Exporting Files

		Built-In Functions Reference Guide `Import` `Export`

		Additional Information Mathematica Connection Technologies Mathematica Link for Excel Mathematica Link for LabVIEW

Additional Import/Export Formats Including XLS and AVI

Additional Import/Export Formats Including
XLS and AVI