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SAS(R) Stat Studio 3.11: User's Guide


Introduction

Typographical Conventions

This documentation uses some special symbols and typefaces.

  • Field names, menu items, and other items associated with the graphical user interface are in bold; for example, a menu item is written as File \blacktriangleright\,Open \blacktriangleright\,Server Data Set. A field in a dialog box is written as the Anchor tick field.
  • Names of Windows files, folders, and paths are in bold; for example, C:\Temp\MyData.sas7bdat.
  • SAS librefs, data sets, and variable names are in Helvetica; for example, the age variable in the work.MyData data set.
  • Keywords in SAS or in the IMLPlus language are in all capitals; for example, the SUBMIT statement or the ORDER= option.

This documentation is full of examples. Each step in an example appears in bold.


This symbol and typeface indicates a step in an example.