In the Save as.. dialog you can choose between various file formats. (see Figure 10-1)
Most of these formats are provided by plug-ins. If they don't appear on your list of available plug-ins use the Tools Plug-ins... menu item to verify that the appropriate plug-in has been loaded.
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.
This format is supported by the "Data Interchange Format (DIF) module" plug-in.
This format is supported by the "HTML & TeX" plug-in.
Creation of a dvi file with gnumeric requires that groff has been installed. If a complete TeX installation is available it is probably advisable to use the LaTeX format (Section 10.2.8) instead, since the created LaTeX file can be extensively customized before creating the dvi file from it.
This format is supported by the "Microsoft(R) Excel™" plug-in.
This format is supported by the "EXPERIMENTAL SAX based XML" plug-in.
This format is supported by the "Gnome Glossary" plug-in.
These formats are supported by the "HTML & TeX" plug-in.
Gnumeric can create HTML 3.2 files. All sheets of the current workbook are exported. The tables in the HTML 3.2 file contain all cells, whether visible or not, including merged cells and spans. Horizontal as well as vertical alignment is preserved, as are font colours and some font characteristics (italic, bold). These files also include an appropriate preamble.
Gnumeric can create HTML 4.0 files. All sheets of the current workbook are exported. The tables in the HTML 4.0 file contain all cells, whether visible or not, including merged cells and spans. Horizontal as well as vertical alignment is preserved, as are some font characteristics (italic, bold) and cell background colours. These files also include an appropriate preamble.
Gnumeric can create HTML 4.0 fragments. All sheets of the current workbook are exported. The tables in such a fragment file contain all cells, whether visible or not, including merged cells and spans. Horizontal as well as vertical alignment is preserved, as are some font characteristics (italic, bold) as well as cell background and font colours. These files do not contain any preamble. Note that each tag used in these files is valid in some HTML version, the combination of these tags in a gnumeric generated HTML fragment may not be.
This format is supported by the "HTML & TeX" plug-in.
The created LaTeX file can either be input into another LaTeX file or latexed independently. See the content of the created file for various customization options.
This format exports gnumeric spreadsheets as straight text, e. g. in the form of comma separated fields.
This format is supported by the "HTML & TeX" plug-in.