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How do I copy and paste multiple variable labels?

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I am running SPSS. In the Variable View tab, I copied multiple variable labels to paste for other, non-labeled variables (This would be useful when you want to have similar labels (e.g., "test1", "test2", "test3", "test1b", "test2b", "test3b"). In that case, you want to copy (e.g., "test1", "test2", "test3") and modify). I place the cursor on the variable label cell of the first non-labelled variable and select Paste. Only the first label appears. Why is this?

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78445

Document Information

More support for:
IBM SPSS Statistics

Software version:
19.0

Operating system(s):
Linux, iOS, Windows

Document number:
418991

Modified date:
16 April 2020

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swg21477588

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