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6.  {help dialog} {cmd:PROGRAM} execution subcommand {cmd:stata} does not
    execute if Stata is running another command.  This prevents a dialog from
    breaking the currently running Stata command.

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7.  A {help format:%g format} in rare cases caused the number 99.9999... to
    incorrectly display as 10; this has been fixed.

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8.  {help generate}, after {help clear} or {help drop:drop _all} and when
    creating a {help datatype:string} variable with fewer observations in the
    same position as a string variable that existed in the old dataset, put
    some of the string values from the old dataset in the new dataset.  This
    has been fixed.

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9.  {cmd:gllamm} utility programs received cosmetic changes to support the
    current version of the user-written {cmd:gllamm} command; see
    {browse "http://www.gllamm.org"}.
    Most importantly, with aggregated binomial data, the log-likelihood
    reported by {cmd:gllamm} is now scaled to reflect the actual probability
    density.

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10.  {help help} has the following fixes and enhancements:

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    a. {cmd:.hlp} files may now include {cmd:.ihlp} files.  The syntax is
       {cmd:INCLUDE help} {it:argument}.  This includes the contents of the
       {it:argument}{cmd:.ihlp} file into the {cmd:.hlp} file.  The
       {cmd:INCLUDE help} directive must begin in the first column.

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    b. Trailing parentheses "()" in the requested help argument are treated as
       a request for help for a function.  The trailing parentheses are
       removed, and "f_" is prepended to the request.  Typing {cmd:help log()}
       is equivalent to typing {cmd:help f_log} and provides help for the
       {cmd:log()} function, while typing {cmd:help log} provides help for the
       {cmd:log} command.

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    c. Spaces and colons in the requested help argument are translated to
       underscores.  For example, {cmd:help graph intro} is equivalent to
       {cmd:help graph_intro}.

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    d. Additional aliases have been added to allow command abbreviation.  For
       example, {cmd:help mat acc} is the same as {cmd:help matrix_accum},
       {cmd:help gr matrix} is the same as {cmd:help graph_matrix}, and
       {cmd:help tw con} is the same as {cmd:help twoway_connected}.

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    e. Entering some of the {help viewer:Viewer} commands without arguments
       produced strange results.  For example, under the Unix GUI,
       entering "{cmd:search}" in the Viewer with no item to search for caused
       the Viewer to flash until an exhaustive search was finished.  Stata now
       returns help for the {cmd:search} command.  For example, entering
       "{cmd:search}" by itself is the same as entering "{cmd:help search}".
       Similarly, at the Stata command line, {cmd:whelp search} is equivalent
       to {cmd:whelp help search}.

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11.  {help infile2:infile} with a dictionary specifying a nonexistent raw file
     presented a message indicating that the file did not exist even when the
     {cmd:using()} override option was specified with a file that did exist.
     Now, if the {cmd:using()} override option is specified and the file it
     names exists, the message is suppressed.

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12.  {help insheet}'s {cmd:double} option is now the default if the
     {help set type:default data type} has been set to {cmd:double}.  You can
     specify the {cmd:nodouble} option to prevent this.  See help
     {help insheet}.

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13.  {help insheet} with a using file containing a row of variable names with
     no data reported that -1 observation had been read into Stata.  This led
     to problems with other commands, such as {help describe}.  The problem
     has been fixed.

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14.  {help label language} limited {it:languagename} to 8 characters.  Now the
     limit is 24 characters.

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15.  {help label save} now escapes with a backslash all left-quote ({cmd:`})
     characters in labels as they are saved to the do-file so that they will
     be properly recreated when the do-file is executed.

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16.  {help macro:macro extended functions} {cmd:rownames}, {cmd:colnames},
     {cmd:roweq}, {cmd:coleq}, {cmd:rowfullnames}, and {cmd:colfullnames} now
     accept references to matrices stored in {cmd:r()} and {cmd:e()}; see help
     {help matmacfunc}.

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17.  {help matrix svd} produced different, but still correct, answers on
     different platforms.  One solution had columns that were the negative of
     the other solution.  Now, for each column of {it:V}, if the sum of the
     elements of the column is negative, the column is replaced by its
     negative, and the corresponding column of {it:U} is replaced by its
     negative.

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18.  {help merge} and {help append} now incorporate all notes from the using
     dataset that do not already appear in the master dataset.  A new option,
     {cmd:nonotes}, ignores the notes in the using dataset which was the
     previous behavior.  See help {help merge} and {help append}.

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19.  {help monthly()} time-series function with {cmd:"ym"} as the second
     argument produced missing values when months in the first argument were
     abbreviated; this has been fixed.

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20.  {help tabulate} entered an endless loop when the linesize was set too
     small; this has been fixed.

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21.  In rare circumstances, a hostname cached by Stata's internet-aware
     features was forgotten by Stata, resulting in an error message when
     contacting that host.  This has been fixed.

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22.  Rarely, the Variables window displayed its variable names off by one row;
     this has been fixed.

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23.  Edit--Copy Table did not eliminate separator lines consisting of
     "{cmd:-}" and "{cmd:+}" characters if the beginning of the line started
     with spaces; this has been fixed.

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24.  The Schemes drop-down list on the Graph Preferences dialog now shows all
     available schemes.  Previously it showed only the original schemes
     shipped with Stata.


    {title:Stata executable, Windows}

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25.  Stata now presents a dialog that allows you to save your data before
     exiting when there is unsaved data.

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26.  You now can choose to have the Review and Variables windows inside or
     outside the main Stata window.  You can make the choice through the
     Windowing preferences in the General Preferences dialog or from the
     command line; see help {help revwindow}.  The default preference places
     them inside the main Stata window.

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27.  If the position preference of a floating Variables window, floating
     Review window, or {help doedit:Do-File Editor} window would place the
     window off the screen, Stata now moves the window completely into view at
     the closest screen edge when the window is shown.

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28.  Pressing Control-Tab cycles forward through windows inside the main Stata
     window.  Pressing Control-Shift-Tab cycles through the windows in reverse
     order.

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29.  A contextual menu has been added to the edit fields of the
     {help viewer:Viewer} and {help edit:Data Editor} windows that allows Cut,
     Copy, Paste, Clear, and Select All in the edit field.  Clicking on the
     edit field brings its respective windows to the front.

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30.  The default font is now Lucida Console.  Stata now calculates the proper
     window sizes for the Results window and {help viewer:Viewer} window based
     on the default font.  The Review, Variables, and Command windows are then
     sized and positioned according to the size and position of the Results
     window.

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31.  You may now scroll the Results window when it is the frontmost window by
     using the Up, Down, Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End keys.  Any
     character input is redirected to the Command window.

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32.  The Home and End keys now scroll to the top or bottom of the current
     document in the {help viewer:Viewer} window.

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33.  You can change the Results window scroll buffer size in the Preferences
     dialog.

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34.  The Go To Line dialog in the {help doedit:Do-file Editor} now shows the
     current line number, as well as the total number of lines in the editor.

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35.  If the Data, Graphics, or Statistics submenus of the User menu are empty,
     the empty submenu is disabled.

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36.  The {help edit:Data Editor} and {help viewer:Viewer} edit fields strip
     font styles when pasting text so that only plain text is pasted in.

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37.  Control-R is now a synonym for Page Up and retrieves the previous command
     from the command history.

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38.  When the font size was increased in the Variables window, the Target text
     label's font also changed the next time Stata was launched; this has
     been fixed.

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39.  Clicking in a blank area of the Review window entered random values into
     the Command window; this has been fixed.

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40.  The {help edit:Data Editor} now supports Scroll Lock.  When Scroll Lock
     is on, pressing the cursor keys scrolls the Data Editor rather than
     moving the cursor within the edit field when the keyboard focus is on the
     edit field.

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41.  The {help edit:Data Editor} only allowed you to copy data if there was
     more than one cell selected.  The Data Editor and Browser now allow
     single cell copies.

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42.  {help dialog}s have the following fixes and enhancements:

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    a. {help dialog} {cmd:VARLIST} and {cmd:VARNAME} controls are now
       drop-down lists that display the current variables.

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    b. Keyboard shortcuts for Copy, Paste, and Cut now work within dialogs.

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    c. Pressing the Return key is the same as clicking the {hi:OK} button.
       Pressing Shift+Return is the same as clicking {hi:Submit}.  Pressing
       the Escape key is the same as clicking {hi:Cancel}.

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    d. Pressing the space bar when the keyboard focus is on a radio button now
       simulates a mouse click on the radio button.

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    e. Keyboard arrow keys now function with dialog spinner controls.

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    f. In {help dialog} programming, a {cmd:.setlabel} member function
       resulted in improperly drawn labels when used with a {cmd:CHECKBOX}
       control that was specified with the {cmd:groupbox} option; this has
       been fixed.

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43.  {help graph export}, when writing large {cmd:emf} files, produced an
     empty file or a file in which the text on the graph had an incorrect
     font; this has been fixed.

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44.  {help tabi}, in rare cases depending on processor, produced incorrect
     output for Fisher's exact test; this has been fixed.

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{* fix}
45.  {help window menu} actions had quotes stripped from them; This has been
     fixed.

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46.  (Windows XP) You may now disable the Windows XP theme in Stata, allowing
     some dialogs to load faster.  See help {help xptheme}.

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47.  (Windows XP) The wheel mouse did not work in the {help edit:Data Editor},
     Review window, and Variables window; this has been fixed.


    {title:Stata executable, Macintosh}

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48.  {help dialog} {cmd:VARLIST} and {cmd:VARNAME} controls are now drop-down
     lists that display the current variables.

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49.  Pressing shift+Return in a dialog is the same as selecting the
     {hi:Submit} button.

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50.  Stata did not properly enable and disable the font size menu based on the
     frontmost active window; this has been fixed.

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51.  Opening a do-file when the current contents of the
     {help doedit:Do-File Editor} have not been saved replaced its contents;
     this has been fixed.

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52.  Changes to the graph {help scheme} in the Graph Preferences dialog were
     not saved between Stata sessions; this has been fixed.


    {title:Stata executable, Unix (GUI)}

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53.  Control-Break can now be used to interrupt a Stata command.

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54.  A Print Selection checkbox has been added to the print dialog for the
     Results and {help viewer:Viewer} windows when there is a selection.  If
     the checkb