General

On Windows, you can also select File > Open, select the workbook, click the Open button arrow, and select Open Selected Worksheets or Use Excel Wizard.

See Import Data from a Microsoft Excel File in the Scripting Guide for more information about importing Microsoft Excel workbooks through JSL.

Use Excel Labels as Headings

Select this option to allow JMP to use Excel label names as column headings when importing Excel files. Available settings include:

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Use best guess (default)

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Always

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Never

Image Format for PowerPoint

Select the default file format for images exported to Microsoft PowerPoint.

Windows does not support the native PDF graphics produced on Macintosh. Macintosh does not support the native EMF graphics produced on Windows. For cross-platform compatibility, specify the PNG or JPEG graphic format. Additional file formats are available through scripting. See Save Presentation() in the JSL Syntax Reference for details.

Use SPSS Labels for column names during import

Select this option to allow JMP to use SPSS label names as column headings when importing SPSS files.

Use Triple-S Labels as Headings

Select this option to allow JMP to use Triple-S label names as column headings.

Show menu tips

(Windows only) Select this option to see tooltips on main menu options and options in red triangle menus. This option is selected by default.

Annotate error lines in log

Select this option to print more informative error messages to the log. This option is deselected by default.

Show log warnings for JSL compatibility changes in JMP 12

Select this option to print warnings about JSL compatibility to the log.

Allow Unquoted Strings in JSL

Select this option to print a warning to the log when a string value in a platform message is unquoted. Quoted string values are preferred over literal names.

Yes (no warning)

Allows unquoted string values and does not print a warning to the log. This option is selected by default.

Yes (warning)

Allows unquoted string values and prints a warning to the log.

Ignores the unquoted string value and does not print a warning to the log.

Open Text File Charset

Select one of the options from the menu to determine what character encoding JMP uses to open files. Best Guess is the default.

Save Text Files as Unicode

JMP uses the Unicode character set, which supports special characters such as é and ½. It saves files without special Unicode characters as plain text automatically. This option is selected by default.

Clear this check box to save all your files as plain text.

Note that versions of JMP earlier than 5.1.2 cannot read Unicode files.

Save Journals GZ Compressed

Select this option to save JMP journals in a compressed format to save disk space.

Clear this option to save journals normally. This option is not selected by default.

Save Data Table Columns GZ Compressed

Select this option to allow JMP to save data tables using GZ compression. For backward compatibility, JMP 10 can read the compressed files but not save them. This option is not selected by default.

Save Scripts in English

Non-English versions of JMP can save scripts in either English or your local language. User-specified values (such as column names and text strings) in these scripts appear as they do in the data table. However, command words (such as Distribution and Set Value) appear in English rather than the local language in order for the script to run on JMP in English. JMP properly displays non-Roman characters (such as Japanese variable names) in JMP in English when the fonts support the necessary characters.

Select this option to save scripts in English no matter what language JMP is using.

Clear this option to save scripts in your local language. Note that these scripts run correctly only if JMP is running in the same language. This option is selected by default.

Display indexes in English

Shows sections of the JMP Indexes in English or the current locale’s language. The preference is selected by default. When you deselect it, the following items are displayed in the current locale’s language:

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The message list for objects

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The message list for display boxes.

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The category list for JSL functions.

Note: The description of each index item is always displayed in the current locale’s language. Examples are always in English.

Report Invalid Display Box Messages

Sends information about invalid display box messages to the log. This option is off by default.

This option can be useful during script development, but can cause unwanted log messages for existing scripts.

Add files opened by scripts to the Recent Files list

(Windows only) Select this option to include files opened by the JSL Open() command in the Home Window Recent Files pane and the File > Recent Files list.

Internet Open Timeout

When you use Internet Open to open a web page, JMP waits the specified number of seconds before stopping the import due to an error. 60 seconds is the default value.

Autosave Timeout

Automatically saves the contents of opened data tables, journals, reports, projects, and scripts except for untitled files at the specified interval. The default value is 0 minutes, which indicates no autosave.

Autosave Maximum Data Table Rows

Autosaves data tables if the number of rows does not exceed the specified value. 10,000 is the default value.

Autosave Maximum Data Table Columns

Autosaves data tables if the number of columns does not exceed the specified value. 1,000 is the default value.

Save the session when exiting

This option enables you to save the state of the JMP window when existing JMP. When opening JMP, the saved state is restored, including any open files and windows.