Record Formats window

About this task

The following figure shows the Record Formats window. You can create a format or open an existing format from the Record Formats window.
Figure 1: The Record Formats window

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To create a format:

Procedure

  1. Click Create in the Mode group.
  2. Click Delimited in the Type group.

    The input data file, /work/mydata, is in delimited format. Other formats are described in Define formats.

  3. Choose a name for the format and type it in the Create Format text box.
    This example uses the name a_format.
  4. Click OK.
    The Format-Definition window appears. The following figure shows a partially completed Format-Definition window. The title bar of the Format-Definition window shows the name that you chose for the new format.
    Figure 2: The Format-Definition window

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