Agriculture Reference
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menu are the More and Break menus that are only available when a
command or program is running. The More menu item can be selected
when the currently running command pauses before bringing up the
next set of results to continue to the next screen. The Break menu will
stop any currently running program. So, if you have written your own
program and there is a problem, selecting Break will stop the pro-
gram. In addition, the Break menu can stop additional results from
scrolling in the Results window. All of these menu items under the
View menu are available on the Macintosh computer only. Most of
this functionality is available in other places in the Windows or Unix
versions of Stata.
The next three menus—Data, Graphics, and Statistics—are the
heart of Stata's real purpose and functionality. Because this topic cov-
ers just agricultural statistical procedures, not all of the commands
available under these menus will be used. Commands appropriate to
agricultural statistics will be discussed as appropriate for the topic in
upcoming chapters.
The User menu is used for commands users develop for their spe-
cific purposes. This menu does not have to be used for user-devel-
oped commands, but may be convenient for often-used commands or
commands that are to be shared with others. The added menu items
would, in practice, invoke a custom designed dialog box in which the
user would add the necessary input(s), which would then execute the
user-created command. Hence, like a built-in command in Stata, you
can write programs with a selectable menu item and custom dialog
box along with a command for end users to utilize.
The next menu is the Window menu where all of the Stata win-
dows can be selected in turn. This includes the Command, Results,
Review, Variables, Properties, Graph, Viewer, Data Editor, Do-File
Editor, and Variables Manager. These are the only menu items under
the Windows menu on Windows PCs. Currently available windows
are listed at the bottom of the Window menu on a Macintosh com-
puter. In addition, on Macintosh computers, the Window menu has
items for enlarging the current window to fill the screen (Zoom) as
well as minimizing windows (Minimize). The Bring All to Front
menu does just that and brings all the open Stata windows to the
front of your screen. The Select Next View and Select Previous View
will change the active region of windows that have such regions (i.e.,
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