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Output data formats
Output format options, with File>Save Data As, are generally the reverse of input choices. The de...
Merging worksheets
For data collection reasons, it may still be the case that data from essentially the same array a...
Size of data worksheets
There are no fixed size limits for arrays within PRIMER 7, simply an overall limit determined by ...
Dialog for input of text format files
Read in the first of the above text files: File>Open>(Files of type: Text Files (*.txt, *.csv)) &...
Factors in 3-column text format files
Associated with each record are often one or more factors which define the conditions under which...
Opening several files at once
The directory C:\Examples v7\Tasmania meiofauna contains the PRIMER 7 files of separate nematode ...
(Tasmanian meiofauna)
This study concerns meiofaunal abundances from a two-way layout of samples on a sand-flat in Eagl...
Missing or zero values?
The final option is whether a blank cell in the Excel sheet should be interpreted as a Missing va...
Wizard for input data
File>Open gives the same Open dialog box as previously but, importantly, the drop down menu on th...
(Ekofisk abiotic data)
For the 39 sites around the Ekofisk oil-field, environmental data is available on concentrations ...
Opening Excel files
Usually, rectangular data matrices of variables by samples, or samples by variables, will initial...
Properties
Edit>Properties produces the Sample Data Properties dialog box, seen earlier, where information a...
Opening PRIMER files
File>Open>(File name: Ekofisk macrofauna counts.pri)>Open will read in the existing Ekofisk speci...
Saving, closing & opening a workspace
Typically, a single workspace would encompass one or more inter-connected data sets which are ana...
Undo in the workspace
Another new feature to PRIMER 7 is the option Undo Workspace which back-tracks for the workspace ...
Saving data, renaming & deleting
The data sheet can now be saved (as can any item created in the workspace) from the File menu. F...
Cut, copying & pasting
The Edit>Cut and Edit>Copy operations send part of a worksheet (or its factors/indicators) to the...
Moving & sorting rows/cols
Movement of rows or columns uses both highlighting and the cursor position. Rows (or columns) to ...
Deleting & inserting rows/cols
In addition to attaching labels, the Edit menu allows a range of other edit functions on the data...
Labelling samples & variables
At this point only the default row (variables V1, V2, …) and column labels (samples S1, S2, …) ha...