SPREADSHEET...      Opens a spreadsheet-format text file for storing results generated by analysis menu operations.  Data are saved in a tab-delineated format readable by many spreadsheet programs or statistical packages.  Optionally, you can save results to an Excel-format file (double-clickable directly into Excel).  Besides the results data, the spreadsheet file also contains column labels.  Mean, SD, N, and variable name are always saved; other parameters (start of block, end of block, start and end time, elapsed time, analysis type, mass, and channel number and file name) are user-selectable.  You can also enter one or two user-typed 'notes' with each case (edit fields appear in a window over the COMMENTS window when the 'p' key is struck; hit 'return' or click the window close button when the values are correct).  Certain analyses, such as regressions, do not fit this format and cannot be put into spreadsheets.

Storage of results (in memory) occurs when you press the 'p' key (with the Results window open), or select OUTPUT RESULTS.  The spreadsheet file is not saved to disk until you exit from LabAnalyst or use the PRINT | CLOSE FILE option.

Some additional considerations:

• Certain analyses, such as regressions and integration, do not fit this format and cannot be put into tabular files. 
• When doing waveforms or pairs-difference, pressing the 'p' key stores BOTH frequency and amplitude data.  If you want to store one or the other, press the 'f' key to store frequency data only, or the 'a' key to store amplitude data only.

  TEXT FILE...     Opens a text file for storing the contents of the Results Window.  The format of the disk file is similar to that shown in the Results Window and is identical to the format of data sent to the printer.

Real storage (writing data to disk) occurs when you select the PRINT | CLOSE FILE   ( ⌘J ) option. However, any temporary memory tables are automatically saved to disk if you quit the program.