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Alternatively, you may select Proc/Rename Current Page... from the main workfile menu to call up the dialog.

Workfile page names must satisfy the same naming restrictions as EViews objects. Notably, the page names must not contain spaces or other delimiters.

Deleting a Workfile Page

To delete a workfile page, right mouse click on the page tab and select Delete Workfile Page, or with the page active, click on the Proc menu and select Delete Current Page.

Saving a Workfile Page

If you wish to save the active workfile page as an individual workfile click on the page tab, right mouse click to open the workfile page menu and select Save Workfile Page... to open the SaveAs dialog. Alternatively, you may select Proc/Save Current Page... from the main workfile menu to access the dialog.

Saving a page as an individual workfile is quite useful when you wish to load a single page into several workfiles, or if you wish to use the page in a previous version of EViews. Once saved on disk, it is the same as any other single-page EViews workfile.

Addendum: File Dialog Features

There are additional features in the file open and save dialogs which you may find useful.

Set Default Directory

All EViews file dialogs begin with a display of the contents of the default directory. You can always identify the default directory from the listing on the EViews status line. The default directory is set initially to be the directory containing the EViews program, but it can be changed at any time.

You can change the default directory by using the File/Open… or the File/Save As… menu items, navigating to the new directory, and checking the Update Default Directory box in the dialog. If you then open or save a workfile, the default directory will change to the one you have selected. The default directory may also be set from the Options/File locations... dialog. See “File Locations” on page 938.

An alternative method for changing the default EViews directory is to use the cd command. Simply enter “CD” followed by the directory name in the command window (see cd

(p. 234) of the Command and Programming Reference for details).