Displaying Variable and Value Labels

Figure 1. Variable and value labels
The Viewer displaying the Marital status table.

In most cases, displaying the labels for variables and values is more effective than displaying the variable name or the actual data value. There may be cases, however, when you want to display both the names and the labels.

  1. From the menus choose:

    Edit > Options...

  2. Click the Output Labels tab.
    Figure 2. Pivot Table Labeling settings
    The Output Labels tab of the Options dialog box. Names is selected from the Variables in Labels Shown As list. Values is selected from the Variable Values in Labels Shown As list.

    You can specify different settings for the outline and contents panes. For example, to show labels in the outline and variable names and data values in the contents:

  3. In the Pivot Table Labeling group, select Names from the Variables in Labels drop-down list to show variable names instead of labels.
  4. Then, select Values from the Variable Values in Labels drop-down list to show data values instead of labels.

Subsequent tables produced in the session will reflect these changes.

Figure 3. Variable names and values displayed
The Viewer displaying the Marital status table with variable names and labels.

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