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Options is for personalizing the SPSS program.

The changes you enter here take effect the next time you do a procedure, or the next time you open SPSS, depending on the option that is chosen.  These options remain in effect until they are changed.

Some of the options you can change include:

Editing the use of the Journal File

Output as pivot tables or text files

The appearance of your output

How variable lists are displayed

How data is formatted

Use of Journal file to create a syntax program file

The journal file keeps a log of the syntax of all procedures the user has performed in SPSS sessions.  This is beneficial if you want to see the procedures you have run, or wish to rerun a procedure.