The OMNIC 9 software manual is the definitive guide for Thermo Scientific FTIR and Raman spectroscopy users, designed to help both beginners and experts navigate the software's comprehensive "tool chest" of spectral analysis features. Getting Started: Installation and Setup

• Version 9.0.0: Initial release.
• Version 9.1.0: Updated data analysis and peak picking algorithms.

And for the first time, Omnic 9 was the one asking the questions.

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Run & Inspect

Additionally, the manual includes a "Safe Mode Startup" procedure: hold Ctrl + Shift while launching Omnic 9 to reset all user preferences without reinstalling.

• Smoothing: Apply smoothing algorithms (e.g., Savitzky-Golay).
• Baseline Correction: Correct baseline shifts and offsets.
• Normalization: Normalize spectra to a specific value or range.

3. The Analyze Tab

• Search Libraries: Access to over 25,000 compounds in the HR Aldrich and Sigma libraries.
• Quant: Quantitative analysis using Beer’s Law or Partial Least Squares (PLS).