FILE MEDIT <data_file> works like FILE EDIT but enables any number of variables to be displayed and edited. Each observation may then occupy one or more pages. Each variable is shown on its own line in the form <name_of_variable>: <format> <extension of name of variable> Example: Income: ###### Income per inhabitant in 1979 FILE MEDIT (of the simple form above) also creates an edit file _MEDIT containing the default layout. This layout can be modified and extended according to the needs of the user. M = More information on FILE MEDIT