The Variable Preview Pane

The Variable Preview pane provides you with a summary of the information that is available in a variable, without the need to add it to a table.

To display the Variable Preview pane, choose

from the menu, or press Alt+9.

You can display variable previews for the following types of variable:

• categorical variables (displayed in a chart or table)

• numeric variables (displayed in a table)

• text variables (displayed in a table)

• categorical grid variables (displayed in a table)

You can generate previews for selected variables or for all variables.