The current version of stat/transfer we have in EDS does not convert files into R. This feature is coming in the next version of stat/transfer (shipping now). In the meantime, here's how to do it.

First, write your spreadsheet out as a comma-delimited file (csv). Then, in R, give the commands:

   require(foreign)
   read.csv("file.dat", header = TRUE, row.names = 1, sep=",")

• require(foreign) loads a library of functions for reading data.
• header = TRUE means that there are variable names in the first line.
• row.names=1 means that column 1 of that dataset contains row names. If "row.names" is missing, the rows are numbered.
• sep="," means that the separator is a comma. Other delimiters can be used.

Give the command help(read.table) in R for more complete information.