Autoscripts can be used to change how certain types of output are created. For example, you can specify how certain types of pivot tables should be formatted, before the tables are actually generated. An Autoscript file can contain many different scripts, each associated with a different type of output.

From the menus choose:

Edit
Options

Click the Scripts tab to view the Autoscript preferences.

Autoscripting is enabled by default. You can turn autoscripting on or off by clicking Enable Autoscripting. The file path and name of the current Autoscript file is listed in the Autoscript File box. To change this file, click the Browse button and select the file you want to use.

All of the scripts in the currently loaded Autoscript file are listed in the Autoscript Subroutine Status box.

Click the Frequencies_Table _Frequencies_Create item to enable it.

This Autoscript bolds all the totals in any Frequencies tables you create.

Click OK to save your changes and close the Options dialog box.

To see how this Autoscript affects the output, you first need to run the Frequencies procedure.

From the menus choose:

Analyze
Descriptive Statistics
Frequencies

Select the Marital status item in the source list.

Click the arrow button to move the icon to the target list.

Click OK to generate a Frequencies table.

The Frequencies pivot table is created with totals bolded.