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Data Window

A Data Window is a table from a spreadsheet or similar database file. WinTD only allows very limited manipulations of these at this time. You cannot create a blank Data Window using WinTD—you need to create the file first, then use Data>Open Data Table.

At this time, Data Windows are used to provide data on money prizes, to compute cumulative points over a number of tournaments or to manage the list of recipients for e-mailing or texting pairings.

Export

You can use the File>Export operation to export information from a Data Window to a new file in comma- or tab-delimited text, WKS, Excel (XLS or XLSX) or HTML formats.

Cut/Copy/Paste/Clear

Only Edit>Copy operates on Data Windows. Edit>Copy can be used to copy information from a Data Window paste the information into another application. The data are copied to the clipboard in WK1 and DIF spreadsheet formats, as well as in tab-delimited text format. So, if you paste the information into a spreadsheet program, you will get a table of information with each piece of data in its own cell. Most other applications offer a Paste Special operation that allows you to choose the format. See File>Export... for an alternative method of exporting information.

Toolbar Icons

When a Data Window is active, WinTD displays the following icons in the toolbar:

	Saves the data to a spreadsheet or text file. Equivalent to File>Save As.
	Prints the contents of the Data Window. This is equivalent to the Reports>Print Window operation.
	Selects all the cells in the Data Window. Equivalent to Edit>Select All.
	Copies to selected content to the clipboard for pasting into another application. Equivalent to Edit>Copy.
	Exports the selected cells to a spreadsheet or text file. Equivalent to File>Export.
	Allows you to change the displayed form of selected numbers.