Text Exports

When you select Text in the Export Tables dialog box, a number of additional options become available.

Click to see a picture of the Export Tables dialog box with Text selected

Fields on the Export Tables dialog box for Text exports

Launch text viewer after export. Select if you want IBM® SPSS® Data Collection Survey Reporter to automatically launch the file in its default application (typically this is Microsoft Excel for a .csv file and Notepad for a .txt file, but it will depend on what you have installed and the setup on your machine).

Save to file. Check this box and enter a name and location for the output file, or choose the Browse button to browse to the folder where you want to save it. If you do not specify a save location, and the Launch after export option is also not selected, you are prompted to either launch the associated application or select a save location.

Advanced Text Export Properties

Choose the Advanced button to view or edit the Advanced Text Export Properties dialog box.

Display Properties:

Variable. Choose whether to use variable names or the more friendly descriptions for the variable texts in the tables.

Category. Choose whether to use category names or the more friendly descriptions for the row and column headings in the tables.

Headers and footers. Select this option if you want to export the headers and footers that have been defined for the tables.

Formatting Properties:

Table delimiter. Select the character you want to use to separate the tables. (This must be different from the Field Delimiter character.) The default is a form feed character.

Field delimiter. Select the character you want to use to separate the fields. The default character is a comma (,).