storing fill-in-the-blank responses as numeric in SPSS

[Cassiopeia]

I just checked the one computer in the lab that doesn't have a participant on it right now, and it says 2006.2.40. That said, I checked the version of the computer I built the program on a few days ago, and I want to say it was a 2004 version...but I'm not sure.

I saw in some of the other posts that upgrading can fix some problems. I'm borrowing a faculty member's computers (he's not my advisor, and he's being gracious), so I wouldn't want to ask him to pay for an upgrade. Are there any upgrades from what I've got that might help, and are free?


Thanks!