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! Update and Append -- both modify the levels of existing
alternatives and add new alternatives to the data
currently loaded into LDW.
The list of file formats at the top of the dialog box lets you tell
LDW the format of the data you will be importing. Just click on
the proper format.
The following file formats are currently available:
! dBASE -- a file in the dBASE III database file format.
! Excel Spreadsheet-- a file in the Microsoft Excel
worksheet (.XLS) format. Currently, LDW
supports the XLS 7.0 format only. LDW will ask
you to select a sheet from the workbook.
The worksheet must have "Number of Alternatives
=" in cell A1, the number of alternatives in cell B1,
“Number of Measures =” in cell A2 and the
number of measures in cell B2.
Column A of the sheet must have alternative
names. Row 3 of the sheet must have the measure
names. Each cell in the matrix must be filled with
a label, or a number. Formulas are not allowed.
! Comma Delimited -- a file in a standard comma
delimited format. The file must be a standard DOS
text file in a format similar to that shown in Figure
8-56. The first line has the word
"ALTERNATIVES". The second line indicates the
type of levels for each measure. each column has
one of three possibilities:
NAME - the column with the alternative names.
NUMBER - the measure will have numeric levels.
LABEL - the measure will have text labels as levels.
The third line has the measure names. The first
name must be "NAME". This shows that the first
string in each following line will be the name of the
alternative. The following strings are the names of
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