# October 2011 release notes

The October 2011 release of OfficeExcel is now available and has new animation effects and other improvements including:

- You can now have multiple events per "person" with the Gantt chart.
- Added the Gauge chart, which is another variation of a meter.
- Added the Line chart Trace animation
- Added more testimonials - if you want to submit one there is a link on the OfficeExcel front page: http://www.OfficeExcel.net.
- Added easing to the HBar Grow effect. The effect is quite subtle.
- Added the Pie chart RoundRobin effect.
- Added Scatter chart boxplot tooltips.
- Added the Pie chart Implode effect. Combined with the Roundrobin effect looks nice:

      myPie = new OfficeExcel.Pie('cvs', [4,3,5,6]);
      myPie.Set('chart.colors', ['red','green','blue','pink']);

      OfficeExcel.Effects.Pie.Implode(myPie);
      OfficeExcel.Effects.Pie.RoundRobin(myPie);

- The Rose chart Grow effect now slowly increases the start angle of the segments as well as the radius.
- Changed the Odo Grow effect so it grows from the last reading (if any).
- Added the Gauge chart Grow effect. Like the Odo Grow effect it animates from the last reading (if any) instead of zero all the time.
- Added the Line chart FoldToCenter. Combined with the UnfoldFromCenter effect could easily make a chart switching effect.
- Added an .Explode() method to the Pie chart for programmatically exploding segments. There's an example of its use on the Pie chart example page: http://www.OfficeExcel.net/examples/pie.html
- Added Grow effect to the Radar chart.
- Added Grow effect to the Waterfall chart.
- Added Pie chart chart.key.interactive
- Tweaked the Meter chart Grow animation - test your charts when upgrading if you use the Grow animation.
- Multiple filled line charts now work with the Trace animation.

- Note: The Pie chart chart.segments array is being removed (November or December) - use the myObj.angles array instead
- Note: The default positioning for titles has changed - you may need to adjust your positioning.

Download OfficeExcel here: OfficeExcel_2011-10-27-stable.zip