
Setting all cells to a General format does not help because it converts these unwanted dates to 5 digit Excel date codes. You see a window which looks something like the following: Now it is time to convert the file to Excel.Excel decided these few were dates and converted them to 4th February. We will be opening the file named 'Winter2000.sav'. You should see a list of SPSS datasets (.sav) files within that directory. Change the 'Look in:' window until it points to the desired directory location.

In a few seconds you will see an acknowledgement window.Click OK to close it. Navigate to Documents\StatWizards\Data Wizard\Shoe examples. You will then be prompted to enter the file name.Click OK. Pre-2007 versions of Excel use XLS as the primary format for saving files.To import an SPSS file, simply run the Data Wizard using a blank workbook.To import an SPSS file, click Yes.
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