FILE MENU 

New 

Select New if you want to close the data file, clear all data in the spreadsheet, freeing up the memory for 

new data.  If you have already entered some data and the latest additions or changes have not been 

saved, then the program will display an appropriate warning.  In this case you will have the option to save 

the data (Yes), or clear the data without saving the data (No), or cancel the New command, keeping the 

existing data in memory (Cancel). 

After having cleared all data in memory, the program will display a blank spreadsheet window so you can 

start entering new data. 

Open 

Button: 

Shortcut: Ctrl+O 

If you want to retrieve a data file that you previously have saved on disk, select the Open command in the 

menu. 

In the file selector box (described on p. 7) you can select the name of the file to be read into memory.  

Together with the spreadsheet data the associated notes are loaded (see p. 15) and the options that are 

also included in the data file. 

If you want to read a data file without erasing existing data in memory, e.g. to combine two files into one, 

then select the Add file menu command (see p. 18). 

After you have loaded the file, you can immediately perform statistical analyses, or you can have a look at 

the data first by opening the spreadsheet window (p. 32), or you may want to read the notes associated 

with this file (see p. 15). 

MedCalc will lock the open file, preventing other programs and users access to the file.  To close and 

unlock the file, you select the New command. 

From time to time the MedCalc file format is revised.  MedCalc will automatically convert old files as you 

open and save them. However, previous MedCalc versions may not be able to read the data files written 

by some newer versions of the software. It is advised that you always download and install the latest 

version of MedCalc (visit 

http://www.medcalc.be

). 

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