Summary of New Features in 8—Wolfram Documentation

Summary of New Features in 8

A list of key new features since 7.

Core Language

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Mathematics and Algorithms

Visualization and Graphics

New Application Technologies

Notebook and Document Enhancements

Computable Document Format (CDF) Files

File New FreeCDF (.cdf) create a new .cdf file

File Save As... added support for saving .cdf files

"CDF" added Import and Export of Computable Document Format (.cdf) files

Printing and Layout Improvements

File Printing Settings Headers and Footers new "Headers and Footers" dialog includes support for self-indexing running heads and adds many ease-of-use additions

File Print Preview new "Print Preview" capability on Windows and Linux platforms

Improved line and page breaking and paging control

New Citation Management

Insert Citation integration with both EndNote and BibTeX citation styles

Citation Management a tutorial on managing citations in the Wolfram System

Improved Find & Replace Dialog

Edit Find includes finding and replacing of fully typeset text, enhanced highlighting of search results, and a history of previous searches and replacements

Automatic Evaluation of Notebooks

NotebookEvaluate evaluate the cells in a specified notebook

Interface Controls Enhancements

InputField now supports horizontal scrolling and content masking

MouseAppearance context-sensitive mouse cursor appearance

Systems Interfaces & Deployment