Data file types

SPSS Statistics. Opens data files that are saved in IBM® SPSS® Statistics format and also the DOS product SPSS/PC+.

SPSS Statistics Compressed. Opens data files that are saved in IBM SPSS Statistics compressed format.

SPSS/PC+. Opens SPSS/PC+ data files. This option is available only on Windows operating systems.

Portable. Opens data files that are saved in portable format. Saving a file in portable format takes considerably longer than saving the file in IBM SPSS Statistics format.

Excel. Opens Excel files.

Lotus 1-2-3. Opens data files that are saved in 1-2-3 format for release 3.0, 2.0, or 1A of Lotus.

SYLK. Opens data files that are saved in SYLK (symbolic link) format, a format that is used by some spreadsheet applications.

dBASE. Opens dBASE-format files for either dBASE IV, dBASE III or III PLUS, or dBASE II. Each case is a record. Variable and value labels and missing-value specifications are lost when you save a file in this format.

SAS. SAS versions 6–9 and SAS transport files. Using command syntax, you can also read value labels from a SAS format catalog file.

Stata. Stata versions 4–13.