• Current version: 1.6.3 4feb2026
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texsave is a Stata command that outputs the dataset currently in memory to a file in LaTeX format. It uses the booktabs, tabularx, and geometry LaTeX packages to produce publication-quality tables. The syntax is described in the Stata help file included in this package.

Julian Reif's Stata Coding Guide provides a tutorial.

Type which texsave at the Stata prompt to determine which version you have installed. To install the most recent version, copy and paste the following line of code:

net install texsave, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reifjulian/texsave/master") replace

To install the version that was uploaded to SSC, copy and paste the following line of code:

ssc install texsave, replace

After installing, type help texsave to learn the syntax.

• February 4, 2026

  • Added autonumber2 option
  • Fixed bug in en-dash conversion loop counter
  • Fixed bug in size validation for "Huge"

• September 23, 2023

  • Fixed bug affecting long variable names

• May 22, 2023

  • Added rowstretch(), rowheight(), colwidth(), and tablelines() options
  • Added headerlines2() option
  • Added 'R' and 'L' options to align()

• November 30, 2022

  • Added @{} to header alignment
  • Changed footnote to use \parbox

• January 3, 2022

  • Added dataonly option, which outputs only content of the table (no variable names, footnotes, etc.)
  • Updated endash option to work with multiple negative values

• November 2, 2020

  • Added support for aligning numeric values at the decimal point using the siunitx package

• July 1, 2020

  • texsave now outputs en dashes instead of hyphens for negative numbers. Specifying noendash restores previous behavior.

• December 11, 2019

  • Added headersep() option, with new default: \addlinespace[\belowrulesep]

• January 17, 2019

  • Added preamble() option

Julian Reif
University of Illinois
jreif@illinois.edu