Pasting SPSS 16 tables into Word

[David Hitchin]

In earlier versions of SPSS it was possible to copy a table from the
Viewer and paste it into Word. It arrived there as a graphic, which had
the advantage that it could be resized to fit a space within a document,
and resizing ONLY altered the size; the layout was unaltered.

The same facility does not seem to exist in SPSS 16 (or at least, I
can't find it). Tables copied and pasted in the same way end up in Word
as a table, i.e. formatted text rather than as a graphic, and any
attempt to alter size also tends to change layout.

It seems that a very valuable facility has disappeared from SPSS. What
solution might there be to this problem?

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[Jignesh Sutar]

Try Paste Special in Word

Edit--->Paste Special.
Or
Right Click--->Paste Special


I don't have v16 so can't test this. But try the different Paste Special
options that are available to you once you have copied from SPO.

HTH

2008/7/14 David Hitchin <[hidden email]>:

> In earlier versions of SPSS it was possible to copy a table from the
> Viewer and paste it into Word. It arrived there as a graphic, which had
> the advantage that it could be resized to fit a space within a document,
> and resizing ONLY altered the size; the layout was unaltered.
>
> The same facility does not seem to exist in SPSS 16 (or at least, I
> can't find it). Tables copied and pasted in the same way end up in Word
> as a table, i.e. formatted text rather than as a graphic, and any
> attempt to alter size also tends to change layout.
>
> It seems that a very valuable facility has disappeared from SPSS. What
> solution might there be to this problem?
>
> =====================
> To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to
> [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the
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> For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command
> INFO REFCARD
>

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[David Hitchin]

Quoting J Sutar <[hidden email]>:

> Try Paste Special in Word
>
> Edit--->Paste Special.
> Or
> Right Click--->Paste Special
>
>
> I don't have v16 so can't test this. But try the different Paste
> Special options that are available once you have copied from SPO.
>

Thanks for the suggestion. I had tried that before without success, but
I looked again and tried the rather unlikely option to past as "Files"
and that does the trick.

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[ViAnn Beadle]

In SPSS 16, tables are copied to the clipboard as rich text format or
unformatted text. What specifically do you want to do to the table that
cannot be done with the table formatting controls within Word?

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of J
Sutar
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:09 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Pasting SPSS 16 tables into Word

Try Paste Special in Word

Edit--->Paste Special.
Or
Right Click--->Paste Special


I don't have v16 so can't test this. But try the different Paste Special
options that are available to you once you have copied from SPO.

HTH

2008/7/14 David Hitchin <[hidden email]>:

> In earlier versions of SPSS it was possible to copy a table from the
> Viewer and paste it into Word. It arrived there as a graphic, which had
> the advantage that it could be resized to fit a space within a document,
> and resizing ONLY altered the size; the layout was unaltered.
>
> The same facility does not seem to exist in SPSS 16 (or at least, I
> can't find it). Tables copied and pasted in the same way end up in Word
> as a table, i.e. formatted text rather than as a graphic, and any
> attempt to alter size also tends to change layout.
>
> It seems that a very valuable facility has disappeared from SPSS. What
> solution might there be to this problem?
>
> =====================
> To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to
> [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the
> command. To leave the list, send the command
> SIGNOFF SPSSX-L
> For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command
> INFO REFCARD
>

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