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This menu launches and terminates Winsteps analysis.

 

filemenu

 

Edit Control File=

Edit the current control file. Alters this analysis if no computation has been done, otherwise the next analysis done with this control file.

Exit, then Restart "WINSTEPS ..."

Stop and then restart this analysis, usually after editing the control file.

Restart "WINSTEPS ..."

Restart this analysis, leaving the current one running.

Open File

Select control file for this analysis

Start another Winsteps

Launch a new copy of Winsteps. More than one copy of Winsteps can run at the same time.

Exit

Exit from Winsteps immediately

Finish iterating

Finish the current phase as quickly as possible.

Close open output windows

close any open windows for output tables, files or plots.

Enter

Acts as the Enter key

 


Save

Save the information displayed on the processing screen to disk.

Save As...

Save the screen output to a named disk file.

Print

Print the screen output

 


Excel=

Location of the EXCEL program (if installed on your computer): can be change in Edit Initial Settings

SPSS=

Location of the SPSS program (if installed on your computer): can be change in Edit Initial Settings

 


C:\WINSTEPS\examples\exam1.txt  

Previously used Winsteps control files, select these to analyze them

 

When you launch Winsteps, the Windows task bar shows:

 

taskbar0



 

After a control file is selected, the task bar indicates it:


taskbar



When a second run accesses the same control file:


taskbar2



and the number increments for further uses of the same control file.


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