#Literate Stata

Literate Stata allows you to save sections of Stata output in a format that can easily be inserted as linked text into a word processor document.

net from http://mcallaghan.github.io/literate_stata/

cap log close
log using ex1, text replace
*@s
sysuse auto.dta
dis 5+6
reg mpg weight
*@e
cap log close

logs2rtf

In your do file, save each portion of output you want to be included in your wp doc as a separate text log. Designate the start and the end of the output you want to include with the markers *@s and *@e.

The program in this ado file (which you can manually install following these (pdf) instructions) extracts the bit of the log you want (cleaning up some record-keeping stuff that is automatically included) and saves it as an rtf file with some formatting options which you can customise.

In a word document you can "Insert text from file" then click the insert drop-down arrow then "Insert as link". This way, every time you run your analysis again, you can go into your word document, select all, and then press F9 to update all the Stata output.

Any changes you made in your analysis will be reflected in your write-up automatically!

Here's an example:

And here's the syntax:

syntax  ,[src(string) dest(string) red(integer 0) green(integer 0) blue(integer 0) fs(integer 8) echo(string) results(string)]

src and string are options to tell stata where to look for your log files and where to save the rtf files (default is the working directory), the other options are for formatting. Enter a value between 0 and 255 for the colours, a font size for fs, and "FALSE" to echo or results to hide commands or results.