A new Survo data file can be created either automatically (from a text file) by FILE SAVE operation or by activating a FILE CREATE operation or by activating a FILE MAKE operation There are also other commands like FILE COPY and FILE SAVE MAT for creating new data files from data sets in the edit field or from matrix files, etc. 1 = FILE SAVE for transforming a text file into a Survo data file 2 = FILE CREATE for creating general data files 3 = FILE MAKE for creating frames for simulated data 4 = FILE COPY for copying data sets into data files 5 = FILE SAVE MAT for copying matrix files into data files D = More information on data management