User Guide

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Data Files
Saving Data F
iles in Other Formats
E Make the Da
ta Editor the active window (click anywhere in the window to make it
active).
E From the menus choose:
File
Save As...
E
Select a file type from the drop-down list.
E Enter a filename for the new data file.
To write variable names to the first row of a spreadsheet or tab-delimited data file:
E Click Write variable names to spreadsheet intheSaveDataAsdialogbox.
To save valu
e labels instead of data values in Excel 97 format:
E Click Save
value labels where defined instead of data values
intheSaveDataAs
dialog box.
To save valu
e labels to a SAS syntax file (active only when a SAS file type is selected):
E Click Save
value labels into a .sas file
intheSaveDataAsdialogbox.
Saving Data: Data File Types
You can save data in the following formats:
SPSS (*.sav). SPSS format.
 Data files saved in SPSS format cannot be read by versions of the software
prior to version 7.5.