Stata for Windows  --  general purpose statistics, graphics and
                       data manipulation

 -------available in: WPH, KOH, SAL and LVL on PCs
                      also a site license version from StataCorp;
                        for details, see:
             www.usc.edu/its/doc/statistics/stata/faq/individualcopies.html
 ------support level: full
 ----current version: 9
 -invoke interactive: click icon
 ------in user rooms: click icon in Statistics folder
 --------------batch: semi-batch: click Do-file editor (envelope icon)
                        enter commands, click Tools>Do
                      true batch: with commands in do file (e.g., mystata.do),
                        in DOS window, go to (for example): c:\stwork and type:
                        C:\STWORK> c:\stata\wstata /b do mystata
 --------using files: File>Open -- *.dta is Stata format, opens in spreadsheet 
                        spreadsheet data: Cmd:. insheet using file.name
                        raw data: Cmd:. infile a b c using mydata.raw
                           NOTE: a b c are names for columns in raw data
 ----printing output: click Open Log icon (not a menu item; icon shows 
                        scroll, 3 diamonds), specify file (*.log) for output,
                        print file from word processor, etc.
                      can also click File>Print Log in main menu 
 ----troubleshooting: 
 ----------workspace: default: 1 MB; to change, Cmd:. set memory 32000
                        NOTE: 32000 = 32 MB (or 32000 KB) 
                      can also be changed by modifying the shortcut 
                        command line: c:\stata\WSTATA.EXE /k32000 
 ------documentation: 
         http://www.usc.edu/its/doc/statistics/stata/
                      in stata: Help (menu item) 
                      WPH, LVL 
 -----to end session: click on File, then Exit