Dialog box for most output files

Dialog box for IFILE= and PFILE=

Dialog box for SIFILE=

Output File Type:

output file formats are shown here.

Display file?

check (tick) if the output file is to be displayed by the relevant program.

Select fields + other options

click on this button to select output fields.  It shows the "Field Selection" dialog box, indicating which fields are to be included in the IFILE= or PFILE=.

Text Editor

Output is a .txt file. If Display file? is checked, then the file is automatically displayed by Notepad or your own text editor.

Column headings

check to produce column headings in the output file

Text: space-separated: fixed field

output file is organized in columns. This is usually easiest to look at.

Text: tab-delimited

columns are separated by Tab characters, which is useful for importing into modern software

Text: comma-separated fields

columns are separated by commas or other characters equivalents, which may  be required for importing into software

Separator character

character to use instead of , for comma-separated fields

Labels in "quotation marks"

place non-numeric values within quotation marks, required for correct importing of data into some software.

Text: for scatterplots

Chooses default settings for the IFILE= or PFILE=, suitable for scatterplotting. These can be overridden using Select fields

Excel

Output is a .xls file. If Display file? is checked, then the file is automatically displayed by Excel (if available).  If this malfunctions, check that the path to Excel is correct with Edit Initial Settings.

Column headings

check to produce column headings in row 1 of the Excel worksheet.

R-Statistics

Output is an R Statistics .rdata file. If Display file? is checked, then the file is automatically displayed by RGUI (if available). If this malfunctions, check that the path to R is correct with Edit Initial Settings.

SPSS

Output is a .sav file. If Display file? is checked, then the file is automatically displayed by SPSS (if available). If this malfunctions, check that the path to SPSS is correct with Edit Initial Settings.

Web page (HTML)

Output is a .htm file.  If Display file? is checked, then the file is automatically displayed by your Internet browser.

File status:

Temporary file: automatic file name

the file will be deleted when Winsteps terminates. "Save as" to make the file permanent.

Permanent file: request file name

the file will not be deleted when Winsteps terminates. Type in the filename of your choice when Winsteps requests it

OK

Perform the indicated actions

Cancel

Return to Winsteps processing

Help

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Set as default

Make the select actions the permanent selections