General Statistical Packages Comparisons - Agricultural Statistical Data Analysis Using Stata - page 23

last command under the Edit window is Apply New Scheme, which
is used to set a new color scheme. These are available from within a
Graph window. There are several predefined color schemes to choose
from including one for The Economist and another for Stata Journal .
Also, you can look for other schemes by typing findit scheme in
the Command window, which will search the Internet for additional
schemes. The last command on Unix and Windows computers will be
the Preferences item.
The next menu is the View menu, which is only available on the
Macintosh computer. Under this menu are several menu items for
dealing with the various windows available in Stata. The Data Editor
item has features for entering the Data Editor to edit or browse,
manage value labels, filter the data, select the Variables or Properties
regions of the Main window, and manage snapshots.
The Do-File Editor lets you execute the program in the current
Do-File Editor, execute the program from the cursor location, or run the
program. I will have more to say about this in Chapter 7 on programming.
The Graph Editor item has features available when the Graph
Editor window is the current window and the graph is in editing
mode. There are submenu items for graph objects, the entire graph,
and to use the recorder function. Various tools can be selected includ-
ing the Select Tool, Adding Text Tool, Add Line Tool, Add Marker
Tool, and Grid Edit Tool. Finally, the Object Browser can be shown
or hidden.
I will skip the SEM Builder because I won't be covering it in the
topic. he Viewer menu has items to move backward and forward
through viewer screens as well as for refreshing the screen.
The Layout menu item is used to rearrange the regions of the
Main window. The default view is the Widescreen View, which can
be changed to the Combined View where the review, variables, and
property regions are on one side of the window. In addition, the
Command and Results regions can be swapped, as can the Review
and Variables regions.
The View menu also has selections for making the text bigger or
smaller in the currently open window. You can hide or show the tool-
bar at the top of the current window. The toolbar can also be custom-
ized by selecting Customize Toolbar… . The toolbar customization is
unique for each type of window. The last two items under the View