3.7. The Tools Menu

The Tools menu is

Figure 3-9. The Tools menu.

The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:

The Plug-ins dialog.

This entry launches the plug-in manangement dialog. Plug-ins are programs which are separate from gnumeric but provide useful functionality. Some of the core parts of gnumeric, such as Excel file format support, are actually plugins. This means that a user who never uses Excel files can remove this module from Gnumeric and make Gnumeric use less memory.

Automatic tools

These two tools allow the user to make Gnumeric automatically correct typing or automatically save workbooks at periodic intervals. These two tools are explained below.

Linear Programming tools

Gnumeric can be used to solve systems of linear equations and other mathematical problems. These two dialogs enable access to these tools. A full discussion of these tools is presented in Section 13.1

Statistics and other Data Analsyis tools

Statistical analysis can easily be done with Gnumeric. All the statistical functions are explained in Chapter 14.

Tools

This menu contains:

  • Plug-ins —Displays a list of the plugins currently installed.

  • Auto Correct —Allows the user to configure various auto-correcting functions used when entering data.

  • AutoSave —Allows the user to automatically save after a specified number of minutes

  • Goal Seek —FIXME

  • Solver —Brings up the Solver Dialog, which can be used to solve linear equations. This is detailed in Chapter 13

  • Data Analysis —Allows various forms of data analysis to be used on a set of data. This is detailed in Chapter 14