Re: copying and pasting

[John Darrington]

There are a number of rather good tutorial videos listed at 
http://pspp.kiberpipa.org/wiki/doku.php?id=video_guides  which explain the 
basics.
They might be of use to you.

The user manual is supposed to be easy to follow even for beginners.  So if you 
find
that it is not, please file a bug report saying how you think it could be 
improved.

J'

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 06:17:23PM -0700, Arianne Reis wrote:
     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 <address@hidden> wrote:
     
     From: John Darrington <address@hidden>
     Subject: Re: copying and pasting
     To: "Arianne Reis" <address@hidden>
     Cc: address@hidden
     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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