The Tools Menu

The Tools menu is

Figure 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.

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 the Section called Solver in the chapter called Solver.

Statistics and other Data Analsyis tools

Statistical analysis can easily be done with Gnumeric. All the statistical tools are explained in the chapter called Data Analysis Tools.