Hi all,

sorry for my last email. I got it in my inbox and after reading it I felt I was 
a bit rude. I didn't mean to do that. Sorry John and thanks for trying to help. 
I'm just too dumb to understand some stuff, that's all. apologies again.

I've been playing around with it and I think I've got it now. 

Thanks and sorry again.
A

--- On Mon, 16/7/12, Arianne Reis <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Arianne Reis <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: copying and pasting
To: [email protected]
Received: Monday, 16 July, 2012, 11:17 AM

Thanks. 

I'm sorry but I thought I had explained that I don't know much (at all!) about 
computers. I have no idea how to find out which version I'm using and I guess 
my windows is xp, but I'm not sure either. 

In regards to responding my questions, would someone be able to explain in more 
detail how the 'conventional fashion' works, because I clearly don't know, 
otherwise I would not have asked. Also, although I have read the manual, as I 
said I'm not good with computer language so I had a hard time following it; 
telling me to look at the manual did not help much. Anyone else keen to help?

Cheers,
A
 

--- On Sun, 15/7/12, John Darrington <[email protected]> wrote:

From: John Darrington
 <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: copying and pasting
To: "Arianne Reis" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Received: Sunday, 15 July, 2012, 4:22 PM

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 05:36:09PM -0700, Arianne Reis wrote:

    I've just downloaded the most recent version of PSPP and my operating 
    system (I think that's the name!) is Microsoft. :)

It's useful if you say exactly which version. Sometimes people have what they 
think
is "most recent", but there have since been other versions released.  Also, it 
means
that your message is more helpfull for archive purposes - somebody reading the 
list
in 6 years' time will wonder what "the most recent" version means.

Similarly, Microsoft produce a number of different editions of their Windows 
operating 
system - XP, Windows7 etc. and many versions and "patchlevels" within
 them.  Sometimes
it could be relevant to an issue, so it's best to be as specific as possible.
     
    I'm trying to copy some data from one .sav file into a new one I've just 
    created. Is there a way of selecting some data to copy and then paste into 
this 
    new file? 

In the datasheet, you can use the clipboard to copy and paste in the 
conventional fashion.
However this is only practical for small to medium sized files.  For something 
bigger, see
the section in the manual entitled "Combining Data Files".

        Also, I'm creating a new variable (1 and 2) so I can identify the two 
    sets of data (the one I'm copying in and the one I already have there); do 
I 
    need to manually put 1 and 2 for all my cases, or is there a way of copying 
and 
    pasting cases
 within the same file? 

You will notice that the above mentioned manual section describes a /IN 
subcommand which
can be used to do this automatically.

J'
     
     

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