File|New Data File
 
Choose 
 File|New Data File to create a 
 new variable data file.  
 
You 
 are prompted to enter:
	- The number of variables. Selecting 
	 Get Variable Count from Clipboard, 
	 will add the number of variables to the new data file based on the 
	 number of columns currently on the Windows Clipboard.
 
	- The type for each variable. Choose 
	 either Number or String.
 
	- For type String, 
	 the width of each variable.
 
	- For type Number, 
	 the Format, Width 
	 and Decimal places.
 
	- The number of records. Selecting 
	 Get Record Count from Clipboard, 
	 will add the number of records to the new data file based on the number 
	 of rows (records) currently on the Windows Clipboard.
 
Use File|Save|Save Data As to save 
 your new data file. The new data file can be saved to any WinCross variable 
 data format (for example, *.sav, 
 *.xlsx, *.csv, 
 etc.).
Related topics:
Editing variable data