Viewer - Workbook

Viewing output in Workbook mode bridges the SPSS® Statistics syntax editing ability with a notebook approach that provides an interactive method for running syntax and viewing the corresponding output. Workbook documents (*.spwb) consist of individual paragraphs. The paragraphs contain the output elements (syntax, tables, charts, and so on). Syntax paragraphs provide full syntax edit and run capabilities. Rich text paragraphs provide full rich-text editing capabilities.

Refer to the following introductory video for a brief feature overview:

Each workbook provides options for:

• Browsing results
• Generating and running syntax
• Authoring and editing rich text
• Editing output elements
• Cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting workbook elements
• Undoing and redoing operations
• Showing or hiding selected tables and charts
• Changing the display order of results by moving selected items
• Moving items between the Viewer and other applications

The Workbook consists of five areas:

Menu bar

Provides general product functions.

Toolbar

Provides quick access to commonly used features.

Navigation pane

Contains an outline view of the workbook contents.

Content pane

Contains the paragraph workspace that contains syntax editors, statistical tables, charts, and text output.

Status bar

Provides product status messages.

You can click an item in the navigation pane to go directly to the corresponding item in the content pane. You can click and drag the right border of the navigation pane to change the pane's width.

Workbook toolbar

When in Workbook mode, the Viewer shares most of the toolbar options as Classic mode. The following toolbar options are unique to the Viewer when in Workbook mode.

Table 1. Workbook toolbar options

Toolbar option	Description
	Creates a new workbook syntax paragraph.
	Creates a new workbook rich text paragraph.
	Displays the active dataset. If other datasets are open, you can select them from the drop-down list.