Agriculture Reference
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for that is not a Stata command. In addition, there are left and right
arrows. These are used to move backward and forward through Viewer
screens. So, for example, you may have looked for help on several dif-
ferent commands and these arrows allow you to quickly move back
and forth between screens. It works exactly like equivalent buttons
in your Web browser. The arrows in a circle are to refresh the current
screen, again just like in a Web browser. The icon of a printer, as you
would expect, is to print the window contents.
The Find icon can be used to search for text in the current window.
When this icon is selected, a search field is available at the bottom of
the window. Type text you are looking for within the current window
and all entries within the window will turn yellow. You can move
between each entry from your keyboard.
In addition, the Viewer window has three additional buttons
labeled Dialog, Also See, and Jump To. The Dialog button takes you
to the dialog box used for the currently listed command. The Also
See lists where more information can be found in the documentation
either built into the program or the PDF files that came with the
program. The Jump To jumps to specific topics in the current window.
To use a Viewer window select it and type “help” with a specific
Stata command. The window will then display information about
using that specific command. Along with the Help command, you
can type in “search” followed by a term that is not a Stata command
to see what information is available about that term. There is an addi-
tional “search” function in the upper right hand of the window that
can be used for searching documentation and frequently asked ques-
tions, searching net sources, or searching both. For example, search-
ing “transformation” will list a variety of Stata commands associated
with this term. In addition, a variety of questions about this term
with associated Web pages also are displayed. Finally, additional
commands that may not be installed on your computer are listed with
links to their location for downloading. These downloadable com-
mands usually come with a downloadable help file as well.
The Viewer window also can have several tabbed items available at
the same time, much like an Internet browser. Additional tabs can be
added by the user.
Viewer windows are where log files are displayed as well. Within
Stata, you can turn on a log that saves everything you type as well as the
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