• From the FILE menu, select the PRINT WINDOW item.
  
  
• The screen currently being displayed will be printed.

To Print Multiple Pages of Continous Data:

The continuous printing option will not print the page that is on the screen at the moment you select the option to print continously. You must turn on the option for continuous printing before any of the data you want is displayed to the screen. For this reason, complete your search and view the data of interest. When you have determined what you want to print, restart the same search program. When you have entered your parameters, but before you press enter:

• Select the START PRINTING item from the FILE menu at the top left of your Datasream window. After you have done this, everything that is displayed on the screen will also be printed.
  
  
• Allow your data to be displayed to the screen and scroll through your data, page by page, by pressing enter.
  
  
• When you have reached the end of your search or you wish to discontinue printing, select the STOP PRINTING item from the FILE menu.

• Select CAPTURE TO SAVE FILE in the FILE menu.
• In the new window, enter the name your save file will be called ( Use the form a:\filename.dst to save to floppy drive A) and click OK.
• Perform your search, pressing Enter to scroll through your data.
• When all the data has been displayed or you wish to discontinue saving, click STOP CAPTURE TO SAVE FILE in the FILE menu.

Capture to Plain Text:

This method of downloading saves data in plain ascii text format, readable by most text editors or word processors. Use this method if you are downloading company reports or simple tabular data.

• Select CAPTURE TO PLAIN TEXT in the FILE menu.
• In the new window, enter the name your save file will be called ( Use the form a:\filename.txt to save to floppy drive A) and click OK.
• Perform your search, pressing Enter to scroll through your data.
• When all the data has been displayed or you wish to discontinue saving, click STOP CAPTURE TO PLAIN TEXT in the FILE menu.

Convert Data Channel/Fundline:

This method of downloading saves data in a form readable by most spreadsheet and database programs. Use this method of downloading if you intend to download large amounts of data or wish to be able to manipulate data using programs such as Microsoft Excel, Harvard Graphics, Lotus 123, etc.

There are three Datachannel programs which can be used to download data for use in spreadsheets: 900A, 900B, 900C. These programs are accessible by choosing the DOWNLOAD option as your Type of Request and then choosing the correct Type of Data. These programs retrieve the same data as programs described previously in this handbook. The difference is that these three programs will return the same data, not in tabular form, but as single lines of data separated only by commas. To download in this manner:

• Select CONVERT DATA CHANNEL/FUNDLINE in the FILE menu.
• In the new window, choose to save data as the filetype CSV and enter the name your save file will be called using the form a:\filename.csv to save to floppy drive A. Click OK.
• Perform your search. Enter the parameters for your search into program 900A, 900B, or 900C. Press Enter to execute your search and continue pressing Enter to scroll through your data.
• When all the data has been displayed or you wish to discontinue saving, click STOP DATA CHANNEL/FUNDLINE in the FILE menu.

Example 1: Download the data obtained from performing the equities search described on that document in this handbook.

• You have done the search once already as described and know that it works, and that it retrieves the data you are seeking.
• Return to the main Datastream window by clicking the Clear button in the top left of the Datastream window.
• Select CONVERT DATA CHANNEL/FUNDLINE in the FILE menu.
• In the new window, choose to save data as the filetype CSV and enter the name a:\anyname.csv to save to floppy drive A (you must have put a disk into drive A to enter this name). Click OK.
• In the main window, select Download as your Type of Request.
• Next, select Equities as your Type of Data.
• From the three available programs, select the one for up to 1004 values for a series, 900B.
• Enter the parameters for your search: the code, the frequency, the beginning and end dates.
• Press Enter. The data will appear on the screen in continuous lines separated only by commas. Continue to press enter to scroll through to the end.
• When you have reached the end of the data, select STOP DATA CHANNEL/FUNDLINE in the FILE menu. There is now a file called anyname.csv on the disk you put in drive A containing the data we had retrieved in the search described elsewhere in this handbook.

To retrieve this data open the file, anyname.csv from any spreadsheet program. Always save this file with its .csv ending so that you may have the option of appending further data to this file in the future. If you have many series to download, Datastream macros enable one to automate this downloading process. For help creating Datastream macros, please consult a librarian.

Example 2: Program 900A (Up to 10 series or a list at one date)

Step 1

• This program enables you to download data at one point in time for a number of named securities or series, or for a list. Program 900A is one of three programs which enable you to download data for use in the software package of your choice, such as a spread sheet package. Before you run Program 900A you need to click on the DSWindows Convert data for spreadsheets button, then select on of the Choose destination options. For this example, click on the Clipboard option, then click on OK. Note that the Convert data for spreadsheets button should remain highlighted.

Step 2

• You can now run the 900A program. You can select this program either directly at the Program Number prompt, or via the Program Finder menu by selecting Type of Request 'Data for Spreadsheets', Type of Data 'Any', and 'Up to 10 series or a list at one date only' under Programs. To run this program type in the code of your choice at the "ENTER CODES:" prompt. For example, LS&PCMPS for the Standard and Poors Computer Software and Services list, and press ENTER. You will be prompted for the data items of your choice (for example NAME, P, PE, DY, and MV). You will then be prompted for the date from which you wish data to be downloaded. For example, type -1M to select data for the past month, then press ENTER. The selected data will now be downloaded. Finally, click again on the Convert data for spreadsheets button (it should still behighlighted). You can transfer the data held in your clipboard to the software package of your choice. (E.g., you can use the Edit>Paste option to load the data into MS Excel).