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 Section 1.2) from File/ Save menuitem. There is also a buttonbar Save (see Section 1.3). All these methods are equivalent .
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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..
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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.