On 12/02/10 16:54, Terry Coles wrote: > Does anyone know anything about PSPP (http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/)? > The > website says that it: > > # Inter-operates with Gnumeric, OpenOffice.Org and other free software. > > and provides: > > # Easy data import from spreadsheets, text files and database sources. > >>From this, I assumed that a .sav file opened in PSPP could then be exported >>so > that it can be opened and manipulated with OpenOffice. So far, I've had no > luck. The tool does offer Save As to a .por (for portable) format, but I > have > yet to discover what it is portable with. I'm assuming that 'Inter-operates' > really means import from a spreadsheet not export to. > > The User Manual majors on the statistical analysis stuff and kind of ignores > how to drive the thing, so if you know how to do this, I would be grateful to > learn. > > This has come about because my daughter's tutors has sent her a .sav file and > the only (Windows) way to open this seems to be to buy the SPSS program or > download and register a (potentially dodgy) converter. PSPP opens it fine, > but I can't get it out of the specialist format. She has Linux, but it would > be nice if she was able to use the data in other tools. > Terry, Don't know anything about PSPP but found this convert programme which I assume would allow import in to OO.
http://jalvesaq.googlepages.com/sav2dat.html John. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Discover Linux - Open Source Solutions to Business and Schools http://discoverlinux.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tue 2010-03-02 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
