Chapter 5. Working with files.

Working with files

Saving files

There are several ways to save a file that is currently open. If the file has been named and already exists (ie, its not a new worksheet) the Save function will save the file to the existing name.

The Save procedure can be invoked several ways. It is available in the Menubar (see the section called The Menu bar in Chapter 4) from File/ Save menuitem. There is also a buttonbar Save (see the section called The Button Bar in Chapter 4). All these methods are equivalent .

Invoking a file Save

Menubar

File/ Save

Buttonbar

Save

Keyboard Shortcut

Alt+f s

To save new files, or to rename a file, the Save As... is used. This will prompt the user for a new filename and path for the file to be saved as.

Invoking a file Save as..

Menubar

File/ Save as...

Buttonbar

Save This calls Save as... for new unnamed files. To rename a file, the menu or keyboard shortcut needs to be used.

Keyboard Shortcut

Alt+f a

File format

The default file format an Gnumeric's native format is a xml based file. The file format is a ascii text based xml format. It is however, typically written and read in a gzip compressed form.

The uncompressed format is human readable and designed to be easily parsed. It is very extensible.