Chapter 4. Worksheet overview.
The Worksheet
After opening up gnumeric, you're presented with a view of a worksheet. This is where the majority of the work on the spreadsheet is done, and provides access to all the various sub dialogs of Gnumeric.
The worksheet view is split into several main areas. The menu bar, the button bar, the entry area, the main cell area, and the info area. See Figure 4-1
The Menu bar
The default location of the menu bar is the top of the application window. It provides a quick and organized access to some of the more common operations available.
File
- New
Create a new worksheet. This opens a new worksheet in a window.
- Open
Open an existing worksheet. A new window is created with the file selected in it.
- Save
Save the current worksheet. If the file has been named and saved before, this will silently save the file to the current filename. If it has not been saved before, this will prompt for a filename and path.
- Save as..
Save a file with a new name. Save a newly created file or save a file with a different name.
- Plugins
Open the plugins dialog. For loading, saving of plugins. This shows the listing of pre loaded plugins and allows the user the user to add more.
- Close
Close the current worksheet.
- Quit
Close the open worksheets and quit Gnumeric
Edit
- Cut
Remove the content in the currently selected cells and save it.
- Copy
Make a copy of the current selection to be pasted later.
- Paste
Paste whatever is in the cut buffer at the cursor.
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