Which versions of Excel and SPSS are you using? I use SPSS version 8.02 and Excel versions 97 (service release 2) and Excel 2000.

I too have been doing the SPSS>Excel>Word>Exec>etc. thing for the last decade in order to do more useful write-ups of work, and have no problems at all with notation, etc.. (Although it would be nice to be able to run syntax directly from Excel...)

Steven M. Palmer Partner The Center for Organization Effectiveness StevenP@GreatOrganizations.com www.GreatOrganizations.com 608-833-3332 x:28

-----Original Message----- From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of jpwinter@UMSL.EDU Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 8:54 AM To: SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Possibly useful work around

I do the SPSS->Excel->word processor waltz when I am doing a write-up. WordPerfect can read old Excel spreadsheets, so I save them in Excel and insert them in WP.

Does anyone still have problems with the scientific notation in Excel?

I found that Excel doesn't automatically replace notation numbers with regular decimals.

My workaround: Do a find and replace on "E" -- after Excel performs this operation, the numbers convert to regular decimal.

Just thought I'd share my piece.