again ... anyone interested in discussions about using commands in minitab ... please consider joining the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list ... anyone can join ... at http://f05n16.cac.psu.edu/archives/mtbcommands-l.html feel free to respond to any posts i am making ... with additions/comments/corrections (if i goof up), etc. so far, to get things rolling, i have talked a bit about 1. getting the MTB> prompt enabled 2. getting help on commands in minitab 3. doing simple arithmetic 4. differences between commands and subcommands 5. and a bit about some of the commands starting with A (add, area, axis, etc. ) ... i plan to systematically go through the alphabet ... hitting on SOME of the commands for each letter what would be really helpful is to have others add ways they might have used any of these commands ... add any insights to what we are doing ... give and "tricks" they might have found with these commands ... you know, the whole 9 yards also, if there are any QUESTIONS regarding any of the commands i am illustrating ... or questions about commands in general ... fire away. if i can't answer them ... perhaps someone else on the list can ... thanks also keep in mind that you can access the archives (if you have joined) of this list ... all the posts that have been made ... by visiting http://f05n16.cac.psu.edu/archives/mtbcommands-l.html you might want to make a bookmark for this url _________________________________________________________ dennis roberts, educational psychology, penn state university 208 cedar, AC 8148632401, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================