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, the data within it, or the Microsoft Office Drawing Object 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.

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.

Copying Microsoft Office Graphic Object

You can copy a graph as a Microsoft Office Graphic Object and use it in Microsoft Office applications such as Excel or PowerPoint. To copy a graph, choose Edit > Copy Microsoft Office Graphic Object from the menus. The content will be copied to your clipboard, and will be in binary format by default. Use Paste Special in the Microsoft Office application to specify other formatting options when pasting.

Note that some content may not support this feature, in which case the Copy Microsoft Office Graphic Object menu option will be disabled. Also note that the appearance of the graph may be different after pasting into an Office application, but the graph data is the same.

There are six types of graph output that can be copied and pasted into Excel: Simple Bar, Stacked Bar, Simple Boxplot, Clustered Boxplot, Simple Scatter, and Grouped Scatter. If using Panel and Animation options for any of these graph types, the Copy Microsoft Office Graphic Object option will be disabled in SPSS Modeler. And for other settings such as Optional Aesthetics or Overlay, the option is partially supported. See the following table for details:

Table 1. Copy Microsoft Graphic Object support
Graph Output Template	Modeler Graph Node	Modeler Graph Type	Basic Setting	Optional Aesthetics	Overlay	Microsoft Graphic Object Copy Support	Comments
Simple Bar	Graphboard	Bar	Yes	No	N/A	Yes
	Graphboard	Bar of Counts	Yes	No	N/A	Yes
	Distribution	Bar	Yes	N/A	No	Yes
Stacked Bar	Graphboard	Bar	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes with limitation	Only Yes for the categorical variable in Optional Aesthetics.
	Graphboard	Bar of Counts	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes with limitation	Only Yes for the categorical variable in Optional Aesthetics.
	Distribution	Bar	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes
Boxplot	Graphboard	Boxplot	Yes	No	N/A	Yes with limitation	Only Yes on Windows.
Boxplot	Graphboard	Boxplot	Yes	Yes	N/A	No
Clustered Boxplot	Graphboard	Clustered Boxplot	Yes	No	N/A	Yes with limitation	Only Yes on Windows.
Clustered Boxplot	Graphboard	Clustered Boxplot	Yes	Yes	N/A	No
Simple Scatter	Graphboard	Bubble Plot	Yes	No	N/A	Yes with limitation	Only Yes for the continuous variables in both X and Y fields, and the categorical variable in Sizes.
	Graphboard	Scatterplot	Yes	No	N/A	Yes with limitation	Only Yes for the continuous variables in both X and Y fields.
	Plot	Point	Yes	N/A	No	Yes with limitation	Only Yes for the continuous variables in both X and Y fields.
Grouped Scatter	Graphboard	Bubble Plot	Yes	Yes	N/A	No
	Graphboard	Scatterplot	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes with limitation	Only Yes for the continuous variables in both X and Y fields, and the categorical variable in Optional Aesthetics.
	Plot	Point	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes with limitation	Only Yes for the continuous variables in both X and Y fields, and the categorical variable in the Overlay option.

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), PDF (.pdf), or ViZml document (.xml) for use in other applications.

Note: When the PDF option is selected, the graphs are exported as high resolution PDF files that are cropped to the size of the graphic.

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 section focuses on the specific options for creating graphs and using them in their output windows.