Working with files.

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# Chapter 6. Working with files.

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## 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 1) from File/ Save menuitem. There is also a buttonbar Save (see the Section called The Toolbar in Chapter 1). 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.

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