You cannot export or save graphs.  

  You can use MedCalc in demo mode only 25 times. 

What's new 

If you are already familiar with MedCalc, you can read about the latest changes and additions in MedCalc 

by selecting What's new in the MedCalc Help menu. 

It is possible that new features are available in the software, which are not described in this manual.  You 

can find information on these new features in the MedCalc Help file (see On line help, p. 3), or on the 

MedCalc web site (see MedCalc on the Web, p. 153).  Updated versions of the manual in PDF format can 

be downloaded from the MedCalc web site http://www.medcalc.be. 

Regional settings support 

MedCalc supports regional differences as entered in the Regional settings dialog box in the Control panel. 

The following are taken from the Windows settings: 

Decimal symbol: the character used to separate the decimal digits from whole numbers.  

List separator: the symbol used to separate elements in a list, e.g. arguments in spreadsheet functions, or 

fields when exporting data as a text file. 

E.g. when the list separator is a comma, the arguments in the RANDNORM function are separated by a 

comma: RANDNORM(m,s).  If the list separator is a semicolon, the arguments are separated by a 

semicolon: RANDNORM(m;s). 

The list separator is also used to separate the fields or variables when you export spreadsheet data. 

The list separator cannot be equal to the decimal separator! 

If MedCalc finds the list separator to be equal to the decimal separator in the Windows settings, then it will 

use a semicolon as the list separator when the decimal separator is a comma. 

Date format: MM.DD.YY, DD.MM.YY or YY.MM.DD (see Date functions, p. 160). 

The MedCalc menu bar 

After starting the program, the MedCalc program window appears, with a menu bar at the top of the screen 

containing the following headings: 

  File 

Disk input and output of spreadsheet data files, printing, quit MedCalc 

  Edit  

Cut, copy, paste, find, insert, ... 

  View  

Open contents window, spreadsheet, notes editor, set view characteristics... 

  Format 

Character formatting, spreadsheet & column format, graph formatting,   

  Tools 

Sort data, edit variables list, options,   

 Statistics 

Statistical analysis of spreadsheet data, t tests, Wilcoxon tests, comparison of 

groups, method comparison, ROC curve analysis, etc. 

  Graphs 

Statistical graphs, Kaplan Meier survival curve, Control chart  

  Tests 

Statistical tests on tabulated or summarized data (useful when you do not have the 

raw data available in the spreadsheet): difference between means, standard 

deviations, percentages, correlation coefficients, relative risk, odds ratio 

  Sampling 

Calculation of sample sizes 

  Window 

Rearrange windows or activate a specific window 

  Help 

Get help and information. 

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