[email protected] wrote:
> Ulrich Kohler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sometimes I accidentelly save a changed dataset under the same name as
> > the orignial dataset. This happens if I accidently hit "Ctrl S" in Stata,
> > which causes Stata to execute the command -save, replace-. I have once
> > asked
>
> On the Mac and Unix GUI, there is an option to always overwrite existing
> datasets when selecting File > Save or when using the keyboard shortcut.
> It sounds like you have the option enabled. Open the General Preferences
> dialog, look for the "Overwriting existing data when saving" checkbox and
> uncheck it.
Many thanks for this! I have never noticed that checkbox, albeit it's
placement is quite prominent....
uli
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