Closing windows easily

[Richard Ristow]

SPSS 14, which opens lots of windows - but it was almost as bad before,
with multiple draft and output windows.

What's the quickest way to close windows you don't need anymore? The
best I can find is go to the Windows menu, open the (un-)desired
window, and close it by clicking on the 'Close' button. That's a fair
amount of mousing around - worse with a trackpad, of course.

How do other folks do it?

[Justin Black]

If I really don't want to use the mouse, I use a combination of ALT+TAB (to
switch to the desired window) and ALT+F4 (to close the active window).

On 11/1/06, Richard Ristow <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> SPSS 14, which opens lots of windows - but it was almost as bad before,
> with multiple draft and output windows.
>
> What's the quickest way to close windows you don't need anymore? The
> best I can find is go to the Windows menu, open the (un-)desired
> window, and close it by clicking on the 'Close' button. That's a fair
> amount of mousing around - worse with a trackpad, of course.
>
> How do other folks do it?
>

[Richard Ristow]

At 09:36 PM 11/1/2006, Justin Black wrote:

>If I really don't want to use the mouse [to select and close windows],
>I use a combination of ALT+TAB (to switch to the desired window) and
>ALT+F4 (to close the active window).

Thank you! It looks like just the thing. That's a Windows thing, too,
not an SPSS thing, isn't it? Anyway, it cycles through all the Windows
open windows, not just whichever ones SPSS has open.

The things one should have known for years ....

-Many, many thanks,
  Richard

[Max Bell-2]

I have made a list of files I use a lot and open them by syntax (GET FILE=). Then when I open another one the previous one closes automaticaly.
Max
 
 

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At 09:36 PM 11/1/2006, Justin Black wrote:

>If I really don't want to use the mouse [to select and close windows],
>I use a combination of ALT+TAB (to switch to the desired window) and
>ALT+F4 (to close the active window).

Thank you! It looks like just the thing. That's a Windows thing, too,
not an SPSS thing, isn't it? Anyway, it cycles through all the Windows
open windows, not just whichever ones SPSS has open.

The things one should have known for years ....

-Many, many thanks,
  Richard

[Oliver, Richard]

In command syntax, there's also:
 
dataset close all. /*closes all data windows except active one.
output close name=all. /*closes all output windows.
 
The former was added in version 14 (along with the ability to have multiple open datasets). The latter was added in version 15 (along with various other commands for controlling output windows/files).

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I have made a list of files I use a lot and open them by syntax (GET FILE=). Then when I open another one the previous one closes automaticaly.
Max



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Van: SPSSX(r) Discussion namens Richard Ristow
Verzonden: do 2-11-2006 6:17
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Onderwerp: Re: Closing windows easily



At 09:36 PM 11/1/2006, Justin Black wrote:

>If I really don't want to use the mouse [to select and close windows],
>I use a combination of ALT+TAB (to switch to the desired window) and
>ALT+F4 (to close the active window).

Thank you! It looks like just the thing. That's a Windows thing, too,
not an SPSS thing, isn't it? Anyway, it cycles through all the Windows
open windows, not just whichever ones SPSS has open.

The things one should have known for years ....

-Many, many thanks,
  Richard

[la volta statistics]

*Use the command:.
DATASET CLOSE All.

* or if you want to close just a specific data set you named before (DATASET
NAME MyDataset.) use:.
DATASE Close MyDataset.

* or if you want to really clean your screen and start with an empty new
data set use:.

NEW FILE.
DATASET CLOSE All.


Hope this helps.
Christian
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Richard Ristow
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SPSS 14, which opens lots of windows - but it was almost as bad before,
with multiple draft and output windows.

What's the quickest way to close windows you don't need anymore? The
best I can find is go to the Windows menu, open the (un-)desired
window, and close it by clicking on the 'Close' button. That's a fair
amount of mousing around - worse with a trackpad, of course.

How do other folks do it?

[Justin Black]

You're welcome!  Indeed, it is a Windows thing.  I find ALT+TAB especially
useful when switching mainly between two windows, as it automatically makes
active the window most recently made inactive (e.g., when switching
frequently between syntax editing and checking the draft output for
warnings, errors, etc.).

--Justin

On 11/2/06, Richard Ristow <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> At 09:36 PM 11/1/2006, Justin Black wrote:
>
> >If I really don't want to use the mouse [to select and close windows],
> >I use a combination of ALT+TAB (to switch to the desired window) and
> >ALT+F4 (to close the active window).
>
> Thank you! It looks like just the thing. That's a Windows thing, too,
> not an SPSS thing, isn't it? Anyway, it cycles through all the Windows
> open windows, not just whichever ones SPSS has open.
>
> The things one should have known for years ....
>
> -Many, many thanks,
>   Richard
>
>

[Richard Ristow]

At 07:37 AM 11/2/2006, Oliver, Richard wrote:

>dataset close all. /*closes all data windows except active one.
>output close name=all. /*closes all output windows.
>
>The former was added in version 14 (along with the ability to have
>multiple open datasets). The latter was added in version 15 (along
>with various other commands for controlling output windows/files).

That latter's going to be great. It's output windows I get cluttered
with.

Thanks!
Richard