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II) Export files from Epi6 to SPSS
Data on Epi6 cannot be exported to SPSS directly. First, it should be exported to Dbase 4 
and the newly created Dbase file will be exported to SPSS. The procedure is given as 
follows: 
• Open the Epi6 program 
• Move the cursor to Export files and press Enter 
• Input file Name: Give the input file name (The epi6 file which you would like to export 
to SPSS) - Don’t forget to include the extension Rec. 
Example: Bekele22.rec 
• Move the cursor to dbase 4 and press the Enter key 
• Output file name: Give a file name ending in DBF and press the Enter key. 
Example: Bekele22.DBF 
• Now, make sure that the following statement appears 
• Exported ____ records from Bekele22.rec to bekele22.dbf 
 
 
(The blank space indicates the number of records entered using the Epi6 program) 
 
• Close the Epi6 program 
• Click on the SPSS 10 icon (or any higher version of SPSS) 

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• Click on cancel 
• Click on File 
• Move the cursor to open and click on Data 
• Look in: SPSS ( press the down arrow and click on Local disk (c:) 
• move the cursor to Epi6 and click on open 
• Files of type: (press the down arrow and click on dbase (*.dbf) 
• Now, the required file appears below the EPI directory and click on it. 
• click 
on 
open 
• At this stage, you should see some descriptions regarding the type of variables and 
the number of cases (records) 
• Move the cursor to Untitled SPSS Data and click on it. 
• Delete any unnecessary records at the first row (A1) ( if any) 
• Finally, save the file as an SPSS data file with extension .sav