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on indicates a “dialog box” will appear when that item is selected. An arrowhead indicates there are more menu selections available Enter your selections here . . . And here! Context Sensitive Help in Minitab is Really Helpful!! Example of a Dialog Box: Ways to enter data in Minitab ? Entered directly into the spreadsheet (the ?Data? window) Type the data directly in Use the data entry arrow to choose how you wish to enter the data (in rows or in columns) ? Copied/pasted From MINITAB From other “Windows” software ? Imported / Linked From many monly used software packages From saved text or ASCII files ? Generated by Minitab Random data Patterned data (Ex.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . .) Reference data (subscripts that indicate the source of the data) Minitab Tips Data Entry When entering data in the Data Window, there are three important aspects: ? Data is normally entered in columns for ease of analysis (click on the small arrow in the upper left corner to change entry direction) ? Column headings are entered above the column, NOT in the first row (31 characters maximum) ? If an alphabetic character is typed in the first cell of a column, the entire column is converted to text Heading Row Text Column Numeric Columns Data Entry Direction Arrow Saving Information in Minitab “ Print” mand prints highlighted window only!Window can be data, session, graph, etc. 1) As a Worksheet Saves the data only. ? Save Current Worksheet (as) ? Save Worksheet as 2) As a Project Data, session text, graphs, and more. ? Save Project (as) (1) (2) Scenario: A new process has recently been installed to manufacture extruded plastic sheet in AP5. The existing process is still in servic