SPSS 16 and older versions compatibility?

[Talino Bruno]

If I have SPSS 16 and create a data set with just labels and give this to a
research assistant to input data and they have an older version of SPSS can
they input the data so that I can still use it in my newer version of SPSS?

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[Lemon, John S.]

As far as I can tell and with limited testing this should work OK - I would test it with a file with two variables and see what happens - but - I think it will be OK.

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-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Talino Bruno
Sent: 06 October 2008 07:28
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Subject: SPSS 16 and older versions compatibility?



If I have SPSS 16 and create a data set with just labels and give this to a

research assistant to input data and they have an older version of SPSS can

they input the data so that I can still use it in my newer version of SPSS?



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[Peck, Jon]

You should have no problem sharing a version 16 or 17 file with older SPSS versions.  However, if you save a 16/17 file in Unicode mode, text with accented characters will not be interpreted correctly by older versions.  You can switch to code page mode, however, and create a sav file that creates a compatible file.

Note that this is only an issue if you have text that is not plain roman characters.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Lemon, John S.
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 1:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] SPSS 16 and older versions compatibility?

As far as I can tell and with limited testing this should work OK - I would test it with a file with two variables and see what happens - but - I think it will be OK.

Best Wishes

John S. Lemon
DIT<http://www.abdn.ac.uk/dit/> ( Directorate of Information Technology ) - Student Liaison Officer
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-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Talino Bruno
Sent: 06 October 2008 07:28
To: [hidden email]
Subject: SPSS 16 and older versions compatibility?



If I have SPSS 16 and create a data set with just labels and give this to a

research assistant to input data and they have an older version of SPSS can

they input the data so that I can still use it in my newer version of SPSS?



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