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> {help contents_data_management:Data management}
> {help contents_inputting_data:Inputting data}
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{title:Help file listings}

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{bf:{help import:Quick reference for importing data into Stata}}{break}
    deciding whether your data are spreadsheet-like, free, or fixed format

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{bf:{help import_excel:Import data from Excel worksheet}}{break}
    how to read data from Excel {cmd:.xls} or {cmd:.xlsx} files

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{bf:{help insheet:Read text data created by spreadsheet}}{break}
    how to read CSV and tab-delimited text files created by spreadsheets

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{bf:{help odbc:Load data directly from ODBC sources}}{break}
    how to load data into Stata from databases; how to load the results
    of SQL queries

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{bf:{help infile1:infile:  Read unformatted text data}}{break}
    how to read a stream-format text file

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{bf:{help infile2:infile:  Read fixed-format text data}}{break}
    serious data input from a formatted file

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{bf:{help infix:infix:  Read fixed-format text data}}{break}
    serious data input from a formatted file; different
    syntax, same features

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{bf:{help import_sasxport:import sasxport:  Import datasets in SAS XPORT format}}{break}
    how to read a {cmd:.xpt} file

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{bf:{help xmlsave:xmluse:  Import dataset in XML format}}{break}
    how to read a {cmd:.xml} file

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{bf:{help haver:haver:  Load data from Haver Analytics database (Windows only)}}{break}
    how to read datasets from Haver Analytics

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{bf:{help hexdump:Display hexadecimal report on file}}{break}
    useful when everything goes wrong and you wonder what is really
    in the file

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{bf:{help memory:Manage memory settings}}{break}
    when importing large datasets, you may want to adjust Stata's memory
    settings

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    {bf:Note:}{break}
        Programs are available to convert datasets from other statistical
        packages, spreadsheets, and databases using third-party software;
        point your browser to
        {browse "http://www.stata.com/info/products/transfer.html"}.

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