User Guide

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Chapter 1
Designated versus Active Window
If you have more than one open Viewer window, output is routed to the designated
Viewer window. If you have more than one open Syntax Editor window, command
syntax is pa
sted into the designated Syntax Editor window. The designated windows
are indicated by an exclamation point (!) in the status bar. You can change the
designated windows at any time.
The designa
ted window should not be confused with the active window, which is
the currently selected window. If you have overlapping windows, the active window
appears in the foreground. If you open a window, that window automatically becomes
the active
window and the designated window.
Changing the Designated Window
E Make the window that you want to designate the active window (click anywhere
in the window).
E Click the Designate Window tool on the toolbar (the one with the exclamation point).
or
E From the menus choose:
Utilities
Designate Window
Figure 1-2
Designate Window tool
Menus
Many of the tasks that you want to perform with SPSS start with menu selections.
Each win
dow in SPSS has its own menu bar with menu selections appropriate for
that window type.
The Analyze and Graphs menus are available in all windows, making it easy to
generat
e new output without having to switch windows.