Stata for Macintosh NotesBiostatistics 624 © 2006 by JHU Biostatistics Dept Sun, 26 Mar 2006 (5:25PM) Page 1Contents1. Maximizing compatibility between Macintosh andWindows ...................................22. Graphics files .................................23. Miscellaneous .................................3Stata for Macintosh NotesBiostatistics 624 © 2006 by JHU Biostatistics Dept Sun, 26 Mar 2006 (5:25PM) Page 21. Maximizing compatibility between Macintoshand Windows! Reference: Hanson, MS. Stata tip 26: Maximizingcompatibility between Macintosh and Windows, TheStata Journal, Volume 5: p.603, 2005! Summary of some points made in the article— Standardize Statas – use the same (latest) version,with all the latest updates— Avoid absolute file paths – create identical directorystructures below some point, like what we do withthe course bio624 folder in “My Documents”(Windows) and “Documents” (Macintosh)— Use forward slashes (/) in file paths.2. Graphics files! Graphics files stored on disk for later use— Use .wmf for Windowsgraph export graphname.wmf, replace— Use .tif for Macintoshgraph export graphname.tif, replace— Note: .tif looks bad in Windows and .wmf is notavailable on the Mac— Note: Mac has .pdf, but Windows does not, at leastnot yet— Note: Article above suggests .eps format for bothMac and Windows, but quality is marginalStata for Macintosh NotesBiostatistics 624 © 2006 by JHU Biostatistics Dept Sun, 26 Mar 2006 (5:25PM) Page 33. Miscellaneous! Miscellaneous notes — My Documents (Windows) <===> Documents (Mac)— Right click (Windows) <====> Control+click (Mac)— List files in current working folder:shell dir (Windows)shell dirs -l (Mac)— Create a subfolder in the current working folder:shell md somename (Windows)shell mkdir somename (Mac)— Alternative to Stata do-file editor:Notepad or WordPad (Windows)Applications/Text Editor (Mac)— Absolute path to bio624 folder:Windows:C:\Documents and Settings\userid\My
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