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Re: AW: st: Graph edits


From   Sripal Kumar <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: AW: st: Graph edits
Date   Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:06:42 -0400

Is there a official dataset for meta analysis?

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> <>
>
>
> " I guess statalist doesnt allow file
> attachments.  "
>
>
>
> It does not, but you can simply recreate your issues with official datasets,
> and post the code highlighting your problem...
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sripal Kumar
> Sent: Dienstag, 23. März 2010 20:54
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: AW: st: Graph edits
>
> Martin--you are correct.  I am a stata 10 user.  Nick asked me earlier
> if I could give an example.  I guess statalist doesnt allow file
> attachments.  I will explain in a later email what I am looking for.
> thanks,
> Sripal.
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> <>
>>
>> "
>> In Stata 11 I have no problem editing individual labels to change their
>> size/color."
>>
>>
>> Am I mixing up threads, or did Sripal say he is a Stata 10 user?
>>
>>
>> HTH
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Winter
>> Sent: Dienstag, 23. März 2010 20:03
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: AW: st: Graph edits
>>
>> In Stata 11 I have no problem editing individual labels to change their
>> size/color.
>>
>> To make them bold, just change the relevant text in the id variable from
>> "Text" to "{bf:Text}"
>>
>> - NW
>>
>> On 3/23/2010 9:57 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:
>>>
>>> <>
>>>
>>> You could use the official example from -help metan-:
>>>
>>>
>>> *************
>>> use http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/metan_example_data, clear
>>> metan_examples metan_example_custom
>>> *************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Nick Winter
>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. März 2010 14:52
>>> An: [email protected]
>>> Betreff: Re: st: Graph edits
>>>
>>> If you give an example command that generates your forest plot, and
>>> describe the changes you want done to that plot, I'll bet Statalisters
>>> could make it happen.  Or at least would have a better shot at it than
>>> now, not knowing exactly how you generated the basic plot.
>>>
>>> - NW
>>>
>>> On 3/23/2010 9:42 AM, Sripal Kumar wrote:
>>>> My biggest problem is increasing the font size.  Even if I use "huge"
>>>> or "v huge", nothing happens and the font on the forest plot is still
>>>> small.  I wonder if this is only for a forest plot.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Martin Weiss<[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> <>
>>>>>
>>>>> " In addition, I prefer to selectively highlight the main
>>>>> results of the plot by using the bold option.  "
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Which "bold option" are you referring to? Stata 10 did not feature
>>> options
>>>>> for bold text on graphs, as far as I recall. That was introduced in
>> Stata
>>>>> 11.
>>>>>
>>>>> See -help whatsnew10to11-:
>>>>> "See 7.  You can now put bold and italic text, Greek letters, symbols,
>>>>> superscripts, and subscripts on graphs!"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> HTH
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>>> Von: [email protected]
>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Sripal
>> Kumar
>>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. März 2010 14:33
>>>>> An: [email protected]
>>>>> Betreff: Re: st: Graph edits
>>>>>
>>>>> Well there are a few things where the graphics editor doesnt work for
>>>>> me.  In a forest plot (for meta analysis), even though I try to
>>>>> increase the font size of the txt using the editor, nothing seem to
>>>>> happen.  Moreover, it creates a frame around the graph, which I like
>>>>> to remove.  In addition, I prefer to selectively highlight the main
>>>>> results of the plot by using the bold option.  None of these work or
>>>>> rather, I havent figured out an easy way to do it.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Nick Winter<[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> George Hoffman has replied suggesting this might be an OS issue; I
>> can't
>>>>>> speak to that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I wonder what you want in your graph that you can't do with the
>>> Stata
>>>>>> graphics editor?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - NW
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/21/2010 9:09 PM, Sripal Kumar wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recently switched over to stata 10 for mac.  When I used to use
>>>>>>> windows and Stata 9, I used to edit the graphs by right clicking and
>>>>>>> ungrouping.  I cant seem to do with graphs created in mac.  The graph
>>>>>>> editor for stata 10 doesnt permit me to make all the edits I want.
>  Is
>>>>>>> there a way to save the graph so that I can use word or powerpoint to
>>>>>>> ungroup it and edit it.
>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>> Sripal.
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