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>Chapter 5. Working with files.</A
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NAME="AEN1048"
>Working with files</A
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><A
NAME="AEN1050"
>Saving files</A
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>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. </P
><P
>The Save procedure can be invoked several ways. It is
      available in the Menubar (see <A
HREF="worksheet.html#MENU-BAR"
>the section called <I
>The Menu bar</I
> in Chapter 4</A
>) from
      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACCEL"
>F</SPAN
>ile</SPAN
>/
      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACCEL"
>S</SPAN
>ave</SPAN
> menuitem. There
      is also a buttonbar <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Save</SPAN
> (see <A
HREF="worksheet.html#BUTTONBAR-BUTTONS"
>the section called <I
>The Button Bar</I
> in Chapter 4</A
>).  All these methods are equivalent
      .
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>Invoking a file Save</B
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>Menubar</DT
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> 
	      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACCEL"
>F</SPAN
>ile</SPAN
>/
	      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACCEL"
>S</SPAN
>ave</SPAN
>
	    </P
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><DT
>Buttonbar</DT
><DD
><P
>	      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIICON"
>		<IMG
SRC="images/stock_save.gif">
		Save
	      </SPAN
>
	    </P
></DD
><DT
>Keyboard Shortcut</DT
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>	      <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>Alt</B
>+<B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>f</B
> <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>s</B
>
	    </P
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>To save new files, or to rename a file, the
      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Save As...</SPAN
> is used. This will prompt
      the user for a new filename and path for the file to be saved
      as.
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><B
>Invoking a file Save as..</B
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><DT
>Menubar</DT
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> 
	      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACCEL"
>F</SPAN
>ile</SPAN
>/
	      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>S<SPAN
CLASS="ACCEL"
>a</SPAN
>ve as...</SPAN
>
	    </P
></DD
><DT
>Buttonbar</DT
><DD
><P
>	      <SPAN
CLASS="GUIICON"
>		<IMG
SRC="images/stock_save.gif">
		Save
	      </SPAN
>
	      This calls <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Save as...</SPAN
> for new unnamed files. To rename a file, the menu
	      or keyboard shortcut needs to be used.
	    </P
></DD
><DT
>Keyboard Shortcut</DT
><DD
><P
>	      <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>Alt</B
>+<B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>f</B
> <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>a</B
>
	    </P
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><A
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>File format</A
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><P
>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.
    </P
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>The uncompressed format is human readable and designed to be
      easily parsed. It is very extensible.
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