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A System for Formatting
TablesJ o h n L u k e G a l l u p
P o r t l a n d S t a t e U n i v e r s i t yj l g a l l up@pdx . edu
The Goal
Write publication-ready statistics tables
Like goal of Stata’s graphics
Best has been the enemy of the good
Third complete rewrite of software
The tasks
Complete control of:
Table design
Combining tables (merge and append)
Fonts, spacing, justification, etc.
The tasks
Complete control of:
Table design
Combining tables (merge and append)
Fonts, spacing, justification, etc.
Output native Word & TEX files
3 Main Table Types
Estimation results (outreg, estimates table)
Frequencies (tabulate)
Summary statistics (table, tabstat)
Row Titles
Numerical Formats,Brackets,
Annotations+
Column Titles
Title
Text
Notes
Text
Stata Matrix(of stats)
frmttable.ado
Row Titles
Numerical Formats,Brackets,
Annotations+
Column Titles
Title
Text
Notes
Text
Stata Matrix(of stats)
frmttable.ado
Row Titles
Numerical Formats,Brackets,
Annotations+
Column Titles
Title
Text
Notes
Text
Stata Matrix(of stats)
frmttable.ado
Further Steps
Complete documentation for frmttable.ado, outreg.ado, outtab.ado
Set default formatting values for FrmtTabl (fonts, output file types, even titles)
Write to .docx & .xlsx XML formats (colors, speadsheet, etc.)
Conclusion frmttable.ado provides presentation-ready formatting for Stata tables
Fast
Memory efficient
Easily extensible