Printing, Saving, Copying, and Exporting Graphs

Each graph has a number of options that enable you to save or print the graph or export it to another format. Most of these options are available from the File menu. In addition, from the Edit menu, you can choose to copy the graph or the data within it for use in another application.

Printing

To print the graph, use the Print menu item or button. Before you print, you can use Page Setup and Print Preview to set print options and preview the output. For more information about configuring page headers and footers, see Setting Header and Footer Preferences.

Saving Graphs

To save the graph to an IBM® SPSS® Modeler output file (*.cou), choose File > Save or File > Save As from the menus.

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To save the graph in the repository, choose File > Store Output from the menus.

Copying Graphs

To copy the graph for use in another application, such as MS Word or MS PowerPoint, choose Edit > Copy Graph from the menus.

Copying Data

To copy the data for use in another application, such as MS Excel or MS Word, choose Edit > Copy Data from the menus. By default, the data will be formatted as HTML. Use Paste Special in the other application to view other formatting options when pasting.

Exporting Graphs

The Export Graph option enables you to export the graph in one of the following formats: Bitmap (.bmp), JPEG (.jpg), PNG (.png), HTML (.html), or ViZml document (.xml) for use in other IBM SPSS Statistics applications.

To export graphs, choose File > Export Graph from the menus and then choose the format.

Exporting Tables

The Export Table option enables you to export the table in one of the following formats: tab delimited (.tab), comma delimited (.csv), or HTML (.html).

To export tables, choose File > Export Table from the menus and then choose the format.

The remainder of this chapter focuses on the specific options for creating graphs and using them in their output windows.