VIEW MENU 

Contents 

Button: 

The contents window displays the contents of the MedCalc data file in a treeview structure. 

Select Data to open the MedCalc spreadsheet if you want to enter or edit data. 

Select Notes if you want to write comments or notes to be saved in the MedCalc data file. 

Select  Variables to edit the Variables list.  You can delete variables, create derived variables, and give 

descriptive labels to the variables.  

Select Selection criteria to edit the Selection criteria list.  You can create and delete selection criteria, and 

give descriptive labels.  

In the Named test and graphs section you can select a named graph, which you can restore, rename or 

delete (right click an item to obtain a shortcut menu).  

Named tests and graphs 

You can save a statistical analysis or graph in the MedCalc data file by selecting the 

 button.  By doing 

so, the graph is added to the Named tests and graphs list in the Contents window.  A default name is given 

to the graph, which you can edit in the Contents window.  

This feature is very useful if you would want to recreate the graph later, possibly with new data. 

Spreadsheet 

Button: 

This command is selected to open a spreadsheet window so you can enter new data, or examine the data 

already entered in the spreadsheet. 

The active cell in the spreadsheet is indicated by the cell pointer. The cell pointer can be moved to another 

cell by pressing the arrow or cursor keys (see Appendix A for an overview of control keys and special key 

functions). 

When you want to put new data in a cell, move the cell pointer to the cell and enter the data on the 

keyboard. 

To change the content of a cell, move the cell pointer to this cell and press function key F2.  The cell 

content will be displayed at the top of the window.  You can now change the cell, and edit the data. The 

and 

 arrow keys can be used to move the cursor in the cell (just like editing a text in a word processor).  

The Backspace key is used to delete the character at the left side of the cursor, and the Delete key deletes 

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