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<sect1 id="sect-gui-menus">
  <title>Menus</title>

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  <para>
    This section of the manual describes the use of the menubar and
    the menus themselves. The rest of <xref linkend="sect-gui-menus"
    /> then explains each entry in every
    <application>Gnumeric</application> menu, submenu or context menu.
  </para>

  <para>
    A menu is a graphical element within a program which appears with
    a list of options. For instance, almost all applications have a
    <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu through which the user can access the
    computer's filesystem to open or save their work. The main menus
    are on the menubar. The use of these menus is discussed in <xref
    linkend="menu-bars" />.
  </para>

  <para>
    <application>Gnumeric</application> also uses context menus to
    give users a quick way to access certain commands. The context
    menu will open up right under the mouse pointer when one of the
    secondary mouse buttons, usually the rightmost, is clicked. This
    menu is called a context menu because the entries in the menu are
    different depending on the location of the mouse pointer. The
    <guilabel>context</guilabel> menus are discussed in <xref
    linkend="context-menu" />.
  </para>

  <para>
    Both the main menus, on the menubar, and context menus may have
    sub-menus. Sub-menus are indicated by a small right pointing
    arrow. To access the sub-menus, the user must move the pointer
    down to the sub-menu entry and carefully across to the position of
    the little arrow. After an instant the sub-menu will open up and
    the user must carefully move the pointer directly across into the
    sub-menu. Occasionally, when there is not enough room to the right
    of the currently open menu, sub-menus may open to the
    left. Navigating sub-menus can be difficult since the menu will
    close if the mouse pointer moves into any other menu entry.
  </para>

  <para>
    Menu entries which are followed by an ellipsis (three dots)
    indicate that this entry will open a dialog window which will ask
    the user for more choices.
  </para>


  <sect2 id="menu-bars">
    <title>The Menubar</title>

    <para>
      The default location of the menubar is at the top of the
      application window.  The menus provide quick and organized access
      to all major commands such as opening files, saving files,
      printing and quitting the application.
    </para>

    <figure id="menubar.png">
    <title>The Gnumeric menubar.</title>
    <screenshot>
      <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menubar.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the Gnumeric menubar.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
    </screenshot>
    </figure>


    <para>
      <application>Gnumeric</application> menus are opened with a
      simple click on the name of the menu in the menu bar. Once
      clicked, the menu will stay open. If the mouse pointer is
      dragged over the name of another menu on the menubar, the first
      menu will close and the new menu open up. This is a useful way
      to look in each menu to hunt for a commands. Menus can also be
      opened through the keyboard. One of the letters in each menu is
      underlined. Typing the <keycap>Alt</keycap> key at the same time
      as the underlined letter key will open the menu. This is also
      true of sub-menus. Once the menus are open, the arrow keys can
      be used to move between menus or select an entry in a particular
      menu. An open menu can be closed with a click over any other
      area of the application or of the desktop. The menus can also be
      closed by typing the escape key, <keysym>Esc</keysym>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Many menu entries are followed by a series of keynames. These
      keys can be used to perform the menu action without having to
      open the menu.  These are often combinations of keys involving
      the control key which is labeled as <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>, the
      shift key which is labeled <keycap>Shift</keycap> and the
      function keys which are labeled with an <keycap>F</keycap> and
      then a number. For example, to quickly cut a selection
      (accessible through the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu), the user
      can make a selection and then type the control key and the "x"
      key at the same time.
    </para>

  </sect2>




  <!-- ************************  FILE MENU   *************************** -->
  <sect2 id="File-Menu">
    <title>The File Menu</title>

    <para>
      The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu is the most important menu in
      <application>Gnumeric</application> because it gives the user
      the ability to interact with the computer operating system. This
      menu allows the user to create files containing all the work
      they have done. It also enables users to print the results of
      their work. Finally, the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu is the
      best way to close <application>Gnumeric</application>.
    </para>

    <figure id="menu-file-labelled.png">
      <title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu.</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-file-labelled.png" />
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>An image of the File menu.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
      The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:
    </para>


    <para>
      <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis>
        Workbook creation operations.
    </term>

    <listitem>
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      <para>These menu items perform operations on files. Each item is
      presented below. File operations are critical and are therefore
      discussed in their own section latter in this manual in <xef
      linkend="chapter-files" />. </para>
-->
     <itemizedlist>

              <listitem>
               <para>
                 <guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> — Create a new
                workbook. This opens a new workbook in a new
                window. By default the workbook will be named "Book1"
                or another number if there is already a worksheet with
                that name open. Note that the opened file has not yet
                been saved.
               </para>
             </listitem>

             <listitem>
               <para>
                 <guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> — The
            <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem> menu item opens the
            file chooser dialog to allow the user to pick an
            existing workbook for Gnumeric to open. Files in many
            different formats can be opened, see <xref
            linkend="sect-file-formats" /> for details.  The
            <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem> menu item creates a
            new window containing the selected file.  A more
            extensive discussion is presented in <xref
            linkend="sect-file-open" />.
                </para>
             </listitem>

          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis>
        File creation operations.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> menu item saves the
        current worksheet. If the file has been named and
        saved before, this will silently save the file to the
        current filename. If it has not been saved before,
        this will act as if the <guimenuitem>Save
        As...</guimenuitem> menu item had been called and
        prompt the user for a filename.
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> menu item allows
        users to save a file which has not yet been named to a
        named file. This is always used when a user saves a
        file which Gnumeric has named by default.  This menu
        item can also be used to save a newly created file or
        to save an existing file to a new and different
        name. For an explanation of the file formats which
        gnumeric supports see <xref linkend="sect-file-save"
        />.
              </para>
            </listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">3</emphasis>
        Printing operations.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        These menu items enable
        <application>Gnumeric</application> to print. Each item is
        presented below and printing issues are discussed fully in
        <xref linkend="chapter-printing" />.
          </para>

     <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
          <para>
             <guimenuitem>Page Setup...</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>Page Setup...</guimenuitem> menu item
                call the <guilabel>Page Setup</guilabel> dialog. This
                dialog allows the user to set various printing options
                such as paper type, margin sizes and running header
                and footer formats. This dialog is explained in detail
                in <xref linkend="sect-printing-setup" />.
             </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
             <para>
               <guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> menu item allows a
        user to print one or all of the worksheets in a
        workbook. Gnumeric can send files directly to a
        printer or can print to postscript or portable
        document format files. The <guilabel>Print</guilabel>
        dialog is explained further in <xref
        linkend="sect-printing" />.
         </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
         <para>
                <guimenuitem>Print Preview...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Print Preview...</guimenuitem> menu item
        calls a dialog which presents the current workbook as
        it would be printed with the current <guilabel>Page
        Setup</guilabel> settings. The dialog also permits the
        user to print. This dialog is explained in <xref
        linkend="sect-printing-preview" />.
         </para>
        </listitem>


        </itemizedlist>

      </listitem>



      </varlistentry>



    <!-- summary -->
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <emphasis role="bold">4</emphasis>
      Miscellaneous Operations.
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>

              <guimenuitem>Send To...</guimenuitem> — The
             <guimenuitem>Send To...</guimenuitem> menu item call
             the <guilabel>Send To</guilabel> dialog. This dialog
             allows the user to send a &gnum; workbook as an
             attachment to an email message. This dialog is
             explained in detail in <xref
             linkend="sect-files-email" />.
      </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>

      <para>
        <guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> menu item call
        the <guilabel>Document Summary</guilabel> dialog. This
        menu item opens a dialog with fields to edit the document
        summary information of the file currently open in that
        window. Summary information describes the sheet, for
        instance, with the author name and a comment.
      </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><!-- Keep in sync with format dialog entry. -->
        <guimenuitem>Preferences...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Preference...</guimenuitem> menu item call
        the <guilabel>&gnum; Preferences</guilabel> dialog. This
        menu item opens a dialog with fields to edit the document
        summary information of the file currently open in that
        window. Summary information describes the sheet, for
        instance, with the author name and a comment.
      </para>
      </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

      </varlistentry>

    <!-- recent files -->
      <varlistentry>
    <term>
          <emphasis role="bold">5</emphasis>
      Recently used files.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        These menu entries are shortcuts to re-open recently used
        files.  The list will change dynamically as new workbooks
        are opened and created.  Clicking on a file name listed
        here is the same as using the
        <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem> menu entry and finding the
        file in the <guilabel>Find File</guilabel> dialog. Note
        that if the file has been moved since
        <application>Gnumeric</application> last saved it,
        <application>Gnumeric</application> will not find the
        file.
      </para>
    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
    <term>
          <emphasis role="bold">6</emphasis>
          The Close and Quit operations.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        These menu items either close the current worksheet,
        <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>, or close all open
        worksheets, <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>. Gnumeric will
        prompt the user with a <guilabel>Save
        Workbook..</guilabel> dialog for any workbooks that have
        been changed since the last time they were opened or
        saved.
      </para>

      <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
               <para>
                <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> menu item allows the
           user to close the current workbook. If this is the only
           workbook which this instance of
           <application>Gnumeric</application> has open, the close
           operation will also quit
           <application>Gnumeric</application>. If other workbooks
           are open, this workbook will close without affecting
           the others.  If the workbook has unsaved changes,
           <application>Gnumeric</application> will ask the user
           if he wants to save the file.
               </para>
            </listitem>

              <listitem>
               <para>

                <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> menu item will close
           all the workbooks currently being used by
           <application>Gnumeric</application> and quit the
           program. <application>Gnumeric</application> will
           prompt the user asking if he wants to save any
           workbooks which has changes which have not been saved.

               </para>
            </listitem>

        </itemizedlist>
      </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>
    </para>

  </sect2>


  <!--  ******************************** EDIT MENU    ******************** -->
  <sect2 id="Edit-Menu">
    <title>The Edit Menu</title>

    <para>
      The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu is mostly used for operations
      on a worksheet or between worksheets. This menu gives users
      powerful editing operations such as the ability to undo recent
      changes, the ability to cut and paste selections of cells and
      the ability to search for specific cell contents.
    </para>

    <figure id="menu-edit-labelled.png">
            <title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.</title>
            <screenshot>
              <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-edit-labelled.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the Edit menu.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
            </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
      The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:
    </para>



  <variablelist>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>
        <emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis>
      Change History.
      </term>
      <listitem>
    <para>
      These menu items allow the user to remove recent changes to
      a worksheet or re-introduce changes which have been
      undone. These options give the user control over recent
      edits. This functionality is often called the "change
      history" of an application. </para>

    <para>
      The type of edit has no importance. An edit which deletes
      the contents of a cell is treated in the same way as an edit
      which adds contents to a cell. The change history is session
      specific. The user will not be able to undo changes through
      the change history if the file is saved and then
      re-opened. Note also that the list only covers the last few
      dozen operations. The number of operations which Gnumeric
      tracks in its history depends on the size and complexity of
      those operations. Finally, there are some operations which
      cannot yet be modified in this way in <application>Gnumeric
      1.0</application>. Sheet operations (adding or removal)
      cannot be undone, nor can deleted comments be restored, nor
      can altered summary information, nor can operations on
      embedded objects be undone.
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> menu item is used to
          remove the last few edits from a workbook. The edits
          must be undone in order. This menu item removes only the
          last edit from the workbook. The user can also access
          the undo list through one of the toolbar buttons and its
          associated menu.  With this menu, the user can undo
          several operations at once. This is explained in section
          <xref linkend="std-toolbar" />.  </para> </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> menu item is used after
          an undo operation to restore the change that was undone.
          The menu item only restores the last undone
          operation. Users can also restore edit using a button on
          the standard toolbar and through the associated
          menu. The menu allows several operations to be redone at
          once. It is explained in <xref linkend="std-toolbar" />.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>




    <!-- Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste Special... -->
    <varlistentry>
      <term>
    <emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis>
      Operations on selected areas.
      </term>
      <listitem>
    <para>
    These menu items enable selected cell contents to be moved
    around a spreadsheet, moved between worksheets or between
    workbooks. Selections are areas of the spreadsheet that have
    been chosen, usually with the mouse, and are usually colored
    pale blue. Selections are explained in greater detail in <xref
    linkend="sect-data-selections" />.
    <application>Gnumeric</application> currently only allows
    single range selections for these operations.
    </para>

    <para>
      To use these menuitems, the user must first select the range
      of the cut or copy area. When the user then picks these
      menuitems, the contents of the selected areas will be
      entered into the <application>Gnumeric
      clipboard</application> and into the X clipboard. The
      contents of the <application>Gnumeric</application>
      clipboard can then be inserted into a new region of the
      spreadsheet, into another worksheet or into a new
      workbook. The X clipboard holds the space delimited results
      of each cell: either the text or the result of any
      calculation. The X clipboard can be pasted into any text
      area.
    </para>

        <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>

        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> menu item is used to
          remove a selection from the selected area of a currently
          open workbook. When the menu item is chosen, the
          selected area will be outlined with a moving dotted
          line. This is the area which will be moved. The
          selection will only be removed after it is moved to the
          new location. Until then cut has not had an effect on
          the worksheet.
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> menu item allows a user
          to duplicate a selection. The original data remains
          where it was and the <application>Gnumeric</application>
          clipboard (and the X clipboard) has a copy which can be
          inserted elsewhere.

        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> menu item is used to
          paste the contents of a selection which has been cut or
          copied. If the selection was cut, it is pasted into the
          new location unchanged. Cell references will not change
          in that they will still point to the same cells.
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Paste Special...</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Paste Special...</guimenuitem> is used to
          paste a selection while altering certain
          characteristics. The <guimenuitem>Paste
          Special...</guimenuitem> menu item opens a dialog with
          three categories. The defaults make <guimenuitem>Paste
          Special...</guimenuitem> act as if it were the
          <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> menu item.
        </para>
        <para>
          The first set of choices allow the user to control the
          data pasted.The user can chose to limit the pasting to
          only the cell contents (no cell formatting is copied) or
          the opposite only cell formats copied (no
          contents). Furthermore, the user can insert the
          selection while transforming all the contents into
          values only. Formulas will not be copied, only the
          results will be.
        </para>
        <para>
          A second set of choices allows the user to perform
          simple mathematical transformations during the
          paste. The data in the cells being pasted into are
          modified by the cell contents. For instance, using the
          divide operation will result in each cell in the zone
          pasted into being divided by the equivalent cell which
          was cut or copied originally.
        </para>
        <para>
          The final choices allow the transposition of the
          original selection or to not paste empty cells. The
          <guilabel>transpose</guilabel> check box will change the
          selection so that the cells that are down n rows from
          the selection's origin are pasted as being over n
          columns (and vice-versa). The <guilabel>skip
          blanks</guilabel> prevents
          <application>Gnumeric</application> from taking any
          action for the cells in the selection that are
          blank. Note that the selection will be transformed if
          that option is selected but then that the paste will not
          change the cells in the transformed location if this
          <guilabel>skip blanks</guilabel> option is selected.
        </para>
      </listitem>

    </itemizedlist>

    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <emphasis role="bold">3</emphasis>
            Data entry and removal operations.
        </term>
        <listitem>
            <para>These operations either add or remove data from the worksheet. They
            differ in the type of data removed and the re-arrangement of
            remaining data. The differences are explained below.
            </para>


            <itemizedlist>
                  <listitem>
                   <para>
                    <guimenuitem>Clear</guimenuitem> — The
                   <guimenuitem>clear</guimenuitem> menu item merely opens a
                   sub-menu with four choices. The user can choose to clear all
                   the elements of the cells in a selection: the formats, the
                   comments, the contents. Alternatively, the user can choose
                   to clear a single one of those elements. Clearing the formats
                   will leave the data or formula in the cell intact. It will
                   remove any borders, re-set the cell alignments, change the
                   background colour to white and the text colour to black and
                   reset the number format to <guilabel>General</guilabel>. Clearing the comments
                   will simply delete the comments for the cells in that
                   location. Finally clearing the contents will leave the
                   cell's formatting in place but remove the formula or data
                   contents of the cell.
                   </para>
                    </listitem>

                  <listitem>
                   <para>
                    <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> — The
                   <guimenuitem>delete</guimenuitem> menu item may open a dialog
                 giving the user a choice of options. Any of the options
                 will completely delete the selected cells. Depending on the
                 selection, <application>Gnumeric</application> will fill in the space the cells
                 were occupying differently. With column or row selections,
                 the effect is easy to understand and no choice is possible
                 so <application>Gnumeric</application> does not open the dialog. The space left by
                 selected rows, is filled by moving lower rows up
                 whereas the space filled by deleting columns is filled by
                 moving to the left columns which were right of the selection.
                 For example, if columns D and E are selected for deletion,
                 <application>Gnumeric</application> will move the contents of all columns from F
                 onwards two columns to the left.
                 </para>
                 <para>
                 With blocks of cells, the <guimenuitem>delete</guimenuitem>
                 menu item will open a dialog asking the user how to fill in the
                 deleted cells. Blocks of cells will either be filled in by the
                 columns of cells below the block selection or by the rows on
                 the right of the block. For example, if the user chose the
                 block of cells from E6:G8 for deletion, those cells could be
                 filled in by the cells below E8, F8 and G8 if the <guilabel>Shift cells
                 up</guilabel> option were chosen. Alternatively, the cells to the right
                 of G6, G7 and G8 could fill in the space from the right if the
                 <guilabel>Shift cells left</guilabel> option were chosen.
                 </para>
                    </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
    </varlistentry>


    <varlistentry>
        <term>
                <emphasis role="bold">4</emphasis>
            Search and locate operations.
        </term>
        <listitem>
            <para>These menu entries do not group together logically. Each
              entry is explained in detail below. </para>

             <itemizedlist>

                  <listitem>
                   <para>
                    <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem> — The
                   <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem> menu item opens a dialog
                 to search for cells with particular content. The dialog has
                 three tabs. In the first the user can enter the information
                 the user wants to find and some constraints on the search. The
                 second tab gives some extra choices for the search. When the
                 user has picked the options they prefer, pushing the search
                 button on the first tab will run the search. The third tab
                 will show which cells match the search.
                 </para>
                    </listitem>

                  <listitem>
                   <para>
                    <guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem> — The
                   <guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem> menu item
                 will launch a dialog to find cells with particular
                 characteristics and replace them all with a common content.
                 This dialog is similar to the <guilabel>Find</guilabel>
                 dialog.
                 </para>
                    </listitem>

                  <listitem>
                   <para>
                    <guimenuitem>Goto cell...</guimenuitem> — The
                   <guimenuitem>Goto cell...</guimenuitem> menuitemn opens up a
                   dialog which allows the user to type the name of a cell in
                   the worksheet. The current view will then change to be sure
                   that the selected cell is in the current view and the
                   selection will cover that cell.
                 </para>
                    </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
            </listitem>

    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
        <term>
                <emphasis role="bold">5</emphasis>
            Other operations on worksheets.
        </term>
        <listitem>
            <para>These menu entries do not group together logically. Each
              entry is explained in detail below. </para>

             <itemizedlist>
                  <listitem>
                   <para>
                    <guimenuitem>Sheet</guimenuitem> — The
                   <guimenuitem>Sheet</guimenuitem> menu item opens up a
                   submenu which allows users to perform operations on the
                   worksheet. Note that this is the same set of choices as are
                   available from the context menu which appears by clicking
                   (usually with the right mouse button) on one of the
                   worksheet tabs. The worksheet can be duplicated to create a
                   second sheet with the same contents. A new worksheet can be
                   inserted immediately following the current sheet. The
                   current sheet can be renamed in a the little pop-up window. The
                   sheets can be re-ordered or the current sheet can be
                   deleted. For this last option <application>Gnumeric</application> asks for confirmation
                   since this choice cannot be undone.
                 </para>
                    </listitem>

                  <listitem>
                   <para>
                    <guimenuitem>Select</guimenuitem> — The
                   <guimenuitem>Select</guimenuitem> menu item allows the user
                 to select various portions of the worksheet. The
                 <guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> provides a quick way to
                 select the entire worksheet. The <guimenuitem>Select
                 Row</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Select Column</guimenuitem>
                 menuitems allow the user to select all the rows or columns
                 spanned by the current selection.
                 </para>
                 <para>
                 The <guimenuitem>Select Array</guimenuitem> menu item allows a
                 user to select all the cells which are part of the same array
                 as the current cell. The <guimenuitem>Select Depends</guimenuitem>
                 menu item selects all the cells which are formulas which at
                 least partially need the data in the current cell.
                 </para>
                    </listitem>

                  <listitem>
                       <para>
                        <guimenuitem>Recalculate</guimenuitem> — The
                         <guimenuitem>Recalculate</guimenuitem> menu item forces
                    the workbook to recalculate its results. This is useful
                    if a formula in the current worksheet depends on a cell in
                    a different workbook. <application>Gnumeric</application> will not necessarily know
                    when that data has been updated so a user can force
                    <application>Gnumeric</application> to recalculate all the cells in the current
                    workbook.
                       </para>
                    </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
</sect2>


  <!-- *************************** View Menu *********** -->
  <sect2 id="View-Menu">
    <title>The View Menu</title>




    <para>
      The <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu is
    </para>

    <figure id="menu-view-labelled.png">
      <title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-view-labelled.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the View menu.</phrase>
            </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
      The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:
    </para>



    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis>
          Alternative views of the current document.
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            These menu items allow the user to open multiple views of
            the same document.
          </para>

          <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>New View...</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>New View...</guimenuitem> menu item opens
                up a new window with the current workbook visible.
                and where both windows are open to the same section of
                the workbook. If the user starts editing a different
                part of the sheet in one view, the other view moves
                automatically to that portion of the
                worksheet. Similarly, if the user changes to a
                different worksheet in one view, the other view
                changes also.
<!-- TODO: are views 'shared' or 'unshared'? To what extent? -->
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Freeze Panes</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>Freeze Panes</guimenuitem> menu item is
                used to freeze the top-most and leftmost visible
                portion of the worksheet. This is useful to be able to
                line up portions of the worksheet which are not
                usually together. For instance, if a user had a very
                large table with the titles of each oolumn of data on
                row 12, the user could select row 13 and select this
                menu item.  If the user scrolled through each data
                row, the data would line up underneath each header.
              </para>
              <para>
                <application>Gnumeric</application> freezes the
        portion of the worksheet which is currently visible
        and is above and left of the current selection. If the
        selection is not visible, then the frozen section will
        be nine rows tall and five columns wide unless the
        selection is in a currently visible column or row in
        which case that postion is used.
              </para>
<!-- TODO: menu elements, freeze only row/col. -->
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Windows</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>Windows</guimenuitem> menu item provides
        access to a sub-menu which lists all of the windows
        which are currently open. This provides an easy way to
        jump between all the different instances and views of
        &gnum; documents.
              </para>
            </listitem>

          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>



      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis>
          Changes to the current view.
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            These menu items alter the display of the current view.
      </para>
        <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem> menu item provides
                a submenu which lists each &gnum; toolbar. The
                toolbars in this submenu which have a check mark in
                front of their name will be shown. The display status
                of each toolbar can be changed by selecting the menu
                item with that toolbar's name.
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>View Statusbar</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>View Statusbar</guimenuitem> menu item
                determines whether to display the status bar and
                information area at the bottom of each
                worksheets. Selecting the menu item toggles the check
                mark in front. When this menu item has the checkmark,
                &gnum; will display the statusbar.
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Full Screen</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>Full Screen</guimenuitem> menu item
                changes the display of gnumeric from a window based
                display to a display which occupies the whole
                screen. In full screen mode, the window borders will
                not be displayed nor will the toolbars. The key
                <keysym>F11</keysym> toggles between full screen and
                regular display mode.
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Zoom...</guimenuitem> — The
                <guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
                dialog which allows the user to set the magnification
                of any of the worksheets in the current workbook.
                </para> </listitem>

              </itemizedlist>
            </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </sect2>


  <!--  *********************************** INSERT MENU ********************* -->
  <sect2 id="Insert-Menu">
    <title>The Insert Menu</title>

    <para>
      The <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu is
    </para>

    <figure id="menu-insert-labelled.png">
      <title>The <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu.</title>
        <screenshot>
      <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-insert-labelled.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the Insert menu.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
     </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
      The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis>
      Insert into workbook.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        These menu items alter the cells available in a workbook.
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Cells...</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Cells...</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
           dialog asking the user how the sheet should be altered
           when new cells are inserted. The dialog lists four
           choices. The user can choose one of these by clicking
           the mouse pointer on one of the four dots.  Only one
           choice is possible and the currently selected choice
           has a black dot in front.
         </para>
         <para>
           The <guilabel>Shift cells right</guilabel> will insert
           a region of new cells of the size of the current
           selection. Cells which are on the same row as the
           selection and within or to the right of the selection
           will shift over to the right to accommodate the new
           cells. The <guilabel>Shift cells down</guilabel> choice
           will also insert a region of new cells the same size as
           the current selection. With this choice, cells which
           are in the selection or below the selection will move
           down to accommodate the new cells. The two other
           choices will act as if the user had chosen to insert
           rows or columns. These actions are explained above.
         </para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Columns</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Columns</guimenuitem> menu item will
           insert columns to the left of the current
           selection. The number of columns inserted will equal
           the number of columns spanned by the current selection.
         </para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Rows</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Rows</guimenuitem> menu item will insert
           rows above the current selection. The number of rows
           inserted will be equal to the number of rows spanned by
           the current selection.
         </para>
       </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Sheet</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Sheet</guimenuitem> menu item allows the
        user to inset a worksheet immediately following the
        current sheet.
         </para>
       </listitem>

     </itemizedlist>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

<!-- TODO: add a separtor to insert menu. Sep. sheet obj. from cell content. -->

     <varlistentry>
       <term>
         <emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis>
     Insert an object into the worksheet or content into the current cell.
       </term>

       <listitem>
         <para>
       The menu items insert sheet objects into the worksheet or
     insert content into the current cell.
     </para>
     <itemizedlist>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Graph...</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Graph...</guimenuitem> menu item will
           allow a user to insert a graphic plot of data. This
           menu item will launch the graph druid. Graphing in
           <application>Gnumeric</application> is explained in
           <xref linkend="sect-graphics-plots" />.
         </para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Image...</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Image...</guimenuitem> menu item will
           allow a user to insert a graphic object containing the
           image from an external file. The use of images in
           &gnum;  is explained in
           <xref linkend="sect-graphics-images" />.
         </para>
       </listitem>

<!-- TODO: bonobo build where are insert obj/ins. shaped obj. ? -->
<!--
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Object...</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Object...</guimenuitem> menu item launches
           a dialog with the objects which
           <application>Gnumeric</application> is currently able
           to embed in a worksheet. The user simply picks one of
           the objects in the list, and then inserts the object
           into the worksheet. These objects are not part of
           <application>Gnumeric</application> but are provided by
           other programs in the GNOME project.
         </para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Shaped Object...</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Shaped Object...</guimenuitem> menu item
           allows user to insert more complicated objects into a
           worksheet. This is currently not used but will provide
           more extended functionality for the future.
         </para>
       </listitem>
-->

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Function</guimenuitem> — This menu item
        opens a dialog to allow the user to enter a
        mathematical formula into the cell. The function
        dialog includes the names and a brief explanation of
        all the available functions.
         </para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Names</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Names</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
           sub-menu with the single entry
           <guilabel>Define</guilabel>. This will open a dialog to
           allow the user to define a named expression. The
           expression can be as simple as defining an expression
           called "Total" which refers to a particular
           cell. However, the user can also build up a whole sheet
           with named expressions.  <xref linkend="formulas-names"
           /> explains names in greater detail.
         </para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Comment...</guimenuitem> —
        This menu item opens a dialog to allow the user to
        enter a comment to the currently selected cell. A red
        triangle will appear in the top right corner of the
        cell to show that the cell has a comment.
         </para>
       </listitem>

<!-- TODO: cell selection (not here) how to select a cell with a hyperlink. -->

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Hyperlink...</guimenuitem> — This menu
        item opens a dialog to allow the user to enter the
        location of a link. The cell contents will become the
        text for the link and clicking on the cell will move
        the user to the new location. The link can point to
        another area of the worksheet, to another worksheet,
        or to any location which can be defined with a
        Universal Resource Locator (URL). If the URL points to
        a resource accessible over the Internet, &gnum; will
        launch the desktop web browser to open that URL.
       </para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Special</guimenuitem> — The
           <guimenuitem>Special</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
           sub-menu which allows the user to insert predefined
           content into a cell. The current choices are to insert
           the current date, time or both.
         </para>
       </listitem>

     </itemizedlist>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>


</sect2>













  <!--  ************************************FORMAT MENU ********************* -->
  <sect2 id="Format-Menu">
    <title>The Format Menu</title>

    <para>
      The <guimenu>Format</guimenu> menu allows users to control the
      formats of cells, columns, rows, worksheets and the
      workbook. This menu also gives users access to templates of
      standard formats.
    </para>

    <figure id="menu-format-labelled.png">
      <title>The <guimenu>Format</guimenu> menu.</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-format-labelled.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the Format menu.</phrase>
            </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <!-- the list of format menu items -->
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
       <term><guimenu>The Format Menu</guimenu> offers these menuitems:</term>
       <listitem>
       <para>
         <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
           <para>
            <guimenuitem>Cells...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Cells...</guimenuitem> menu item opens the
        cell format dialog. This dialog is used to set cell data
        types and formats. It is explained in <xref
        linkend="sect-data-format" />.
      </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
         <para>

          <guimenuitem>Column</guimenuitem> — The
      <guimenuitem>Column</guimenuitem> menu item opens a sub-menu
      with choices to allows the user to modify the view of the
      selected columns.

     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
         <para>
         <guimenuitem>Width...</guimenuitem> — The
         <guimenuitem>Width...</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
         dialog to enable the user to adjust the size of the
         columns which hold the current selection. The dialog has
         a single entry box in which the user can change the
         current size of the column in points.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         <guimenuitem>Auto Fit Selection</guimenuitem> —
         This menu item makes <application>Gnumeric</application>
         automatically choose the optimal column size to display
         all of the text in the current selection.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         <guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem> — The
         <guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem> menu item will hide the
         columns containing the current
         selection. <application>Gnumeric</application> still
         holds these columns in memory and will save them to a
         file but will not display those columns. The only
         indication that a user has that columns have been hidden
         is that the column header names are not sequential.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         <guimenuitem>Unhide</guimenuitem> — This menu item
         will show columns which are hidden if the selection spans
         the two columns on either side of the selection. If
         columns D, E, and F have been hidden, the selection must
         span at least across columns C and G for this menu item
         to unhide columns D, E, and F.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         <guimenuitem>Standard Width</guimenuitem> — This
         menu item allows the user to resize the columns which
         hold the selection to the standard size. At 100 percent
         zoom this is 48 points or 64 pixels.
       </para>
     </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
   </listitem>


        <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Row</guimenuitem> — The <guimenuitem>Row</guimenuitem>
                     menu item provides the same functions as the <guimenuitem>Column</guimenuitem>
                     menu item but operates on rows.
                     <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Height...</guimenuitem> — This menu item opens a
                                dialog which allows the user to type in a row height in pixels.
                                </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Auto Fit Selection</guimenuitem> — This menu item
                                changes the rows which hold the selection to the optimal height
                                to hold the text in the selection.
                                </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem> — The
                                  <guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem> menu item will hide the rows
                                    in the selection. The workbook still contains the data in the
                                    hidden rows but those rows are not shown.
                                    </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Unhide</guimenuitem> — This menu item will make
                                hidden rows visible. The selection must span the rows which are
                                hidden for this menu item to unhide the hidden rows.
            </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Standard Height</guimenuitem> — This menu item
                resizes the rows back to the default height of 12.75 points or
                                17 pixels (at 100 percent zoom).
            </para>
          </listitem>
           </itemizedlist>
         </para>
        </listitem>


        <listitem>
         <para>
          <guimenuitem>Sheet</guimenuitem> — The <guimenuitem>Sheet</guimenuitem>
                    menu item opens a sub-menu with operations to change properties of the
                    worksheet.
                    <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Change Name...</guimenuitem> — This opens a
                                dialog with the name of the worksheet. A user can use this to
                                change the name of the current sheet.
            </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                 <para>
                <guimenuitem>Re-Order Sheets...</guimenuitem> —- This opens a
                                dialog with the names of all the sheets. A user can click on
                                one of the names in the dialog and then click on the up and
                                down arrows, as appropriate, to move the selected sheet in
                                front or behind others. The tabs for the sheets will move at
                                the same time. This dialog also allows the user to delete
                                sheets.
                                </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Display Formulas</guimenuitem> — This menu item
                                acts as a toggle. By default it is unset and formulas results
                                are displayed. If this menu item is clicked, it will display a
                                little check mark on the left. The worksheet will show the
                                actual formulas for all cells with formulas instead of showing
                                the calculated result. This is useful for quickly assessing
                                which cells contain formulas and which contain data.
                        </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Hide Zeros</guimenuitem> — This menu item acts as
                                a toggle. Click on this menu item will cause a check mark to
                                appear on the left. The sheet will then display all the cells
                                which display zeros as empty cells. This is useful in sheets
                                with many zero results, to quickly find cells with data.
                        </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Hide Gridlines</guimenuitem> — This menu item
                                acts as a toggle. If this menu item is clicked, <application>Gnumeric</application> will
                                display a check mark to the left of the menu item. The lines
                                which separate all the cells will then be hidden and <application>Gnumeric</application>
                                will appear to be a blank background. This is useful to make
                                certain data look pretty on screen.
                        </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Hide Column Headers</guimenuitem> — This
                                menu item acts as a toggle. If this menu item is clicked,
                                <application>Gnumeric</application> display a check mark on the left of the menu item.
                                <application>Gnumeric</application> will also hide the boxes with the alphabetical names
                                of the columns.
                        </para>
          </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                <guimenuitem>Hide Row Header</guimenuitem> — This
                                menu item acts as a toggle. If this menu item is clicked,
                                <application>Gnumeric</application> display a check mark on the left of the menu item.
                                <application>Gnumeric</application> will also hide the boxes with the numeric names
                                of the rows.
                        </para>
          </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
         </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Workbook...</guimenuitem> — This menu item
        opens a dialog which allows users to configure the current
        workbook. The dialog currently has four choices. Text
        autocomplete can be unset which means that
        <application>Gnumeric</application> will not compare text
        as it entered against text in above it in the column. Text
        autocomplete is useful to users entering data because if
        entries are repeated, <application>Gnumeric</application>
        can guess what the user intends. The user can simply type
        the <keycap>Tab</keycap> key and
        <application>Gnumeric</application> will enter the rest of
        the text.  The use of notebook tabs can be turned off, as
        can the horizontal and vertical scrollbars.
      </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Preferences...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Preference...</guimenuitem> menu item call
        the <guilabel>&gnum; Preferences</guilabel> dialog. This
        menu item opens a dialog with fields to edit the document
        summary information of the file currently open in that
        window. Summary information describes the sheet, for
        instance, with the author name and a comment.
      </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
         <para>
           <guimenuitem>Autoformat...</guimenuitem> — This menu item
       opens the autoformat dialog to give user access to a list
       of format templates.  Format templates are useful for users
       who are often filling out tables in a particular
       format. The user picks an area of the worksheet into which
       they want to apply the template. Most templates define
       headers and footers so the selection area must be big
       enough to fit those template elements and the user's
       data. The template will not affect data which has already
       been input into a worksheet.
     </para>
     <para>
       The dialog has two tabs: <guilabel>Preview</guilabel> and
       <guilabel>Template Details</guilabel>. The details are
       simply information about the template. The
       <guilabel>Preview</guilabel> tab has three main options: a
       <guilabel>Settings</guilabel> menu, an
       <guilabel>Edit</guilabel> menu and a category chooser. The
       settings menu allows a user to pick what parts of the
       template they want to copy into the worksheet. The edit
       menu will be used to create new templates. Currently
       templates are written as text into an extensible markup
       language (XML) format. The category chooser gives the user
       access to different groups of templates.  Templates in each
       category are displayed in the middle area of the
       dialog. Users select the template they want to use by
       clicking on it.  The currently selected template is
       highlighted with a red boundary which may be hard to see.
     </para>
       </listitem>

      </itemizedlist>
    </para>
    </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>



<!--   ********************* TOOLS MENU ************  -->
<sect2 id="Tools-Menu">
    <title>The Tools Menu</title>

    <para>The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu is </para>
        <figure id="menu-tools-labelled.png">
            <title>The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu.</title>
            <screenshot>
              <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-tools-labelled.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the Tools menu.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
            </screenshot>
        </figure>
    <para>The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:</para>



 <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis>
        The Plug-ins dialog.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>This entry launches the plug-in management
      dialog. Plug-ins are programs which are separate from
      <application>Gnumeric</application> 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 <application>Gnumeric</application> and make
      <application>Gnumeric</application> use less memory.<!--
      <xref linkend="Plugins" /> explains plug-ins in greater
      detail.--></para>
    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis>
        Automatic tools
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>These two tools allow the user to make
      <application>Gnumeric</application> automatically correct
      typing or automatically save workbooks at periodic
      intervals.</para>
       <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
        <para><guimenuitem>Auto Correct...</guimenuitem> —
        The <guimenuitem>Auto Correct...</guimenuitem> menu
        item opens a dialog which allows the user to configure
        the way in which gnumeric automatically corrects text
        which is being entered. The dialog presents the user
        with three tabs. Each of these tabs allows the user to
        correct one type of common spelling mistake, while
        allowing the user to add exceptions to the
        rules. <application>Gnumeric</application> can
        automatically capitalize the names of week
        days. <application>Gnumeric</application> can
        automatically change an entry which starts with two
        capital letters to only start with one and
        <application>Gnumeric</application> can change a
        sentence entry to start with a capital letter.
                        </para>
                    </listitem>

        <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Auto Save</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Auto Save</guimenuitem> menu item opens
          a dialog which allows the user to have
          <application>Gnumeric</application> automatically
          save the current workbook after a fixed interval of
          time. The user can also have
          <application>Gnumeric</application> ask for
          confirmation before saving so that the user always
          remains aware of the state the workbook was in when
          it was saved.
                        </para>
                    </listitem>
                </itemizedlist>
                </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

<!-- TODO: Split lp and scenarios when the 2 chpt.  are written. -->
      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">3</emphasis>
       Linear programming and scenario generation tools
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        <application>Gnumeric</application> 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
        <xref linkend="sect-advanced-analysis-solver" />.
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>

          <guimenuitem>Goal Seek</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Goal Seek</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
          dialog through which the user can configure
          <application>Gnumeric</application> to iteratively
          search for a numeric value which solves a formula. This
          dialog is explained in <xref
          linkend="sect-advanced-analysis-goalseek" />.

        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Solver</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Solver</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
          dialog through which the user can configure
          <application>Gnumeric</application> to solve linear
          systems of equations.  This is explained in <xref
          linkend="sect-advanced-analysis-solver" />.
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Scenarios</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Scenarios</guimenuitem> menu item displays
          a submenu with two entries. The
          <guimenuitem>View...</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
          dialog in which the user can select previously defined
          scenarios. The <guimenuitem>Add...</guimenuitem> menu
          item opens a dialog in which the user can define the
          contents of a new scenario.
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <guimenuitem>Simulation</guimenuitem> — The
          <guimenuitem>Simulation</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
          multipaned dialog allowing the user to configure the
          parameters for a simulation using linear modeling
          constraints.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">4</emphasis>
        Statistics and other Data Analysis tools
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>Statistical analysis can easily be done with
      <application>Gnumeric</application>. All the statistical
      tools are explained in <xref linkend="sect-analysis-statistical" />.
        </para>
    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


</variablelist>

</sect2>


  <!-- ******************* THE DATA MENU   ************** -->
  <sect2 id="Data-Menu">
    <title>The Data Menu</title>

    <para>
      The <guimenu>Data</guimenu> menu is
    </para>

    <figure id="menu-data-labelled.png">
      <title>The <guimenu>Data</guimenu> menu.</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-data-labelled.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the Data menu.</phrase>
            </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
      The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis>
        Data Field tools.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        These menu items allow the user to re-organize data
        fields.
      </para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Sort...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Sort...</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
        dialog which allows users to sort a selection
        according to defined criteria. By default
        <application>Gnumeric</application> sorts the rows in
        a selected area
        depending on the contents of the cells in a particular
        column of each row. The sort criteria can be extended
        to calculate on the basis of the cells in several
        columns.  <application>Gnumeric</application> can sort
        a selection using any number of rules. Rules can be
        added using the <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
        button. Rules with no column entered will be ignored
        or the user can remove these rules with the
        <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.
          </para>

          <para>
            For each rule, the dialog has an entry box in
            which the column to be sorted must be entered. The
            dropdown box (the little down pointing arrow) will
            show a list of appropriate columns.  The user can
            determine a sort order for the selection. The
            <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> button allows the user
            to further characterize the sort criteria..
          </para>

          <para> If the first row of the selection is a header,
            <application>Gnumeric</application> can be told not to
            shuffle this row during the
            sort. <application>Gnumeric</application> can also
            sort columns based on the contents of cells in
            specified rows, instead of shuffling rows on the basis
            of columns, if the user toggles the
            <guilabel>Sort</guilabel> to act right-left instead of
            top-down.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> menu item opens a
        sub-menu with three entries: <guimenuitem>Add Auto
        Filter</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Show
        All</guimenuitem>, and <guimenuitem>Advanced
        Filter</guimenuitem> entry. Filters are explained in
        <xref linkend="sect-data-modify-filter" />.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Validate...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Validate...</guimenuitem> menu item opens
        the cell format dialog to the validation
        tab. Validation is a means of constraining the
        contents of a cell either to have a certain value or
        to fall within a certain range.
          </para>
        </listitem>


      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis>
        Miscellaneous Entries.
    </term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        These entries allow user to manipulate cell contents,
        alter the appearance of the worksheet or import external
        data directly into a worksheet.
        </para>
        <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Text to Columns...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Text to Columns...</guimenuitem> menu item
        opens a dialog box through which a user can create
        derived information based on data in other worksheets.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Consolidate...</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Consolidate...</guimenuitem> menu item
        opens a dialog box through which a user can create
        derived information based on data in other worksheets.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Group and Outline</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Group and Outline</guimenuitem> menu item
        provides a sub-menu through which users can group rows
        or columns into units which can be collapsed to be
        hidden from view. These entries also allow users to
        alter the display of the grouping handles on the
        borders of the worksheet.

          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guimenuitem>Get External Data</guimenuitem> — The
        <guimenuitem>Get External Data</guimenuitem> menu item
        provides a sub-menu which currently only allow the
        import of text data from an external source.
          </para>
        </listitem>


      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>


  </sect2>





  <!--  *********************** HELP MENU *****************-->
  <sect2 id="Help-Menu">
    <title>The Help Menu</title>

    <para>
      The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu is quite simple.
    </para>

    <figure id="menu-help-labelled.png">
      <title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu.</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-help-labelled.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the Help menu.</phrase>
            </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
      The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu connects users to this manual,
      to the list of functions available for use in
      <application>Gnumeric</application> and to the list of people
      who created this wonderful application.
    </para>

<!-- TODO: Split help from bug report. -->
    <!-- the help menu list -->
    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis>
        Entries to find help and report a problem with &gnum;
    </term>

    <listitem>
      <para>
        These menu items allow the user to obtain help from
        several sources or to report a problem with the program.
      </para>

      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Contents</guimenuitem> — This menu
                entry allows the user to launch the local help system
                and display this manual.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Gnumeric on the Web</guimenuitem> —
                This menu entry allows the user to launch a web
                browser and explore the web site dedicated to &gnum;
                on the server used by the GNOME project.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Live Assistance</guimenuitem> —
                This menu entry allows the user to launch an Internet
                Relay Chat (IRC) client to join the GIMPnet network
                and the #gnumeric channel. This channel is used by the
                &gnum; developers. There is generally someone around
                who will, after a few minutes, notice a nice question
                and attempt to answer it.
          </para>
          <warning>
            <para>
          Live assistance is provided on a purely voluntary
                  basis. There are no guarantees that your question
                  will be answered or that the answer will be
                  correct. We generally try our best to answer
                  questions when they are asked politely and when the
                  user shows that they have at least looked in the
                  User Manual an answer.
        </para>
          </warning>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
              <para>
                <guimenuitem>Report a Problem</guimenuitem> —
                This menu entry allows the user to launch a web
                browser and open the page on GNOME's Bugzilla bug
                entry system for the &gnum; program. This page
                includes instructions on submitting reports of
                problems. The first time a user reports a problem,
                they will be asked to login to the system.
          </para>
        </listitem>

          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
    <term>
      <emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis>
        The <interface>About &gnum;</interface> dialog.
    </term>

        <listitem>
         <para>
          <guimenuitem>About</guimenuitem> —Shows basic
          information about <application>Gnumeric</application>, such
          as the authors' names and the application version number.
         </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>


</sect1>


<!--  *********************** CONTEXT MENUS *****************-->
<sect1 id="context-menu">
    <title>Context Menus</title>

<!-- TODO: add info area context menu. -->
<!-- TODO: add text entry context menu. -->

    <para>Context menus are menus which open up under the mouse pointer and are
    therefore detached from the format graphical structure
    of the application. These menus provide an extra and convenient way to access
    Gnumeric commands. All of the commands in context menus are available
    through the regular menu system. Context menus provide different commands
    depending on the position of the pointer.</para>

    <para>To activate a context menu, a user simply positions the pointer over
    the appropriate area and clicks one of the buttons on their mouse. Since this
    button is configurable and users have mice with different buttons, it may be a
    different button on any given machine or may even require the combination of a
    keyboard key and a mouse buttons. The user will have to find how to do this
    themselves.</para>

    <para> Currently Gnumeric provides five
    different context menus. The context menu that is called in the central
    grid area is discussed next in <xref
    linkend="menu-context-grid" />. The
    Context menu that appears when the pointer is over the row headers or
    column headers is presented in <xref
    linkend="menu-context-col-row-header" />. Another context menu relates to the
    worksheet tabs and is explained in <xref
    linkend="menu-context-tabs" />. Yet
    another context menu applies to embedded objects or shaped components such
    as a plot. These are shown in <xref
    linkend="menu-context-object" />. The
    final context menu allows the configuration of the toolbars. This menu is
    presented in <xref linkend="menu-context-toolbars" />.</para>


<sect2 id="menu-context-grid">
    <title>The Context Menu for the Cell Grid Area</title>
    <para>The context menu in the cell grid area appears when the pointer is over the cell
    grid area. This menu applies to the cells that have been selected, not
    necessarily the cell underneath the mouse pointer. </para>
        <figure id="menu-context-grid.png">
            <title>The Context Menu for the Cell Grid Area.</title>
            <screenshot>
              <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-context-grid.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the context menu in the cell grid area.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
            </screenshot>
        </figure>
    <para>The grid context menu merely provides an extra way to access Gnumeric
    commands. The <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>,
    <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Paste Special...</guimenuitem>,
    <guimenuitem>Delete...</guimenuitem>, and <guimenuitem>Clear Contents...</guimenuitem>
    commands are taken from the Edit menu and are explained in
    <xref linkend="Edit-Menu" />.
    The <guimenuitem>Insert...</guimenuitem> menu item is explained in the section
    on the <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu in <xref
    linkend="Insert-Menu" />. The
    <guimenuitem>Format Cells...</guimenuitem> is explained in the manual section
    on the <guimenu>Format</guimenu> menu in <xref
    linkend="Format-Menu" />.
    </para>
</sect2>


<sect2 id="menu-context-col-row-header">
    <title>The Context Menu for Column and Row Headers</title>
    <para>The Context Menu for Column and Row Headers</para>
        <figure id="menu-context-col-row-header.png">
            <title>The Context Menu of a Row Header</title>
            <screenshot>
              <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-context-col-row-header.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the context menu on a row header.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
            </screenshot>
        </figure>
    <para>The context menu which relates to column or row headers is similar to
    the context menu for the grid area. Both insert and delete operations are
    modified to operate explicitly on rows or on columns. An option is added
    which changes the height of rows or the width of columns. This context menu
    also provides a way to hide rows or columns and a way to reveal missing
    columns or rows.
    </para>


</sect2>

<sect2 id="menu-context-tabs">
    <title>The Context Menu menu for Worksheet Tabs</title>
        <para>The Context Menu menu for Worksheet Tabs.</para>
        <figure id="menu-context-tabs.png">
            <title>The Context Menu.</title>
            <screenshot>
              <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-context-tabs.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the context menu for worksheet tabs.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
            </screenshot>
        </figure>
    <para>The context menu for tabs provides the same functions as are provided
    in the <guimenuitem>Sheet</guimenuitem> menu item in the
    <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu. These options are explained at the bottom of
    <xref linkend="Edit-Menu" />.
    </para>


</sect2>


<sect2 id="menu-context-object">
    <title>The Context Menu for Embedded Objects and Components</title>
        <para>The Context Menu for Embedded Objects and Components.</para>
        <figure id="menu-context-object.png">
            <title>The Context Menu</title>
            <screenshot>
              <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-context-object.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the context menu on embedded objects.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
            </screenshot>
        </figure>
    <para>Since this menu gives access to functionality which is not part of
    Gnumeric, the menu entries will be different for each kind of object. This
    menu is accessible when first selecting on the embedded object or if the user
    clicks on the very border of the inserted object. All objects will provide a
    method to delete the object which will remove the object. Note that this
    operation will mostly not register into Gnumeric's history and therefore
    cannot easily be reversed.
    </para>


</sect2>



<sect2 id="menu-context-toolbars">
    <title>The Context Menu for Toolbars</title>
        <para>The Context Menu for Toolbars</para>
        <figure id="menu-context-toolbars.png">
            <title>The Context Menu.</title>
            <screenshot>
              <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/menu-context-toolbars.png" />
            </imageobject>
            <textobject>
              <phrase>An image of the context menu on the toolbars.</phrase>
            </textobject>
           </mediaobject>
            </screenshot>
        </figure>
    <para>The context menu for toolbars allows the user to configure toolbars.
    Each toolbar entry can have text associated with it or simply be an icon. The
    text only does not currently work in Gnumeric. The tooltips which are
    displayed by default can be turned off for this toolbar. The toolbar itself
    can be removed to save space. Finally the customize dialog can be launched
    which allows the user to configure these options for all the toolbars at
    once.
    </para>


</sect2>



</sect1>







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      options, let me know. This seems a bit excessive, and the output
      from db2html is kind of lame -->

     <!-- <title><guimenu><accel>F</accel>ile</guimenu></title>
      <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>N</accel>ew</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Create a new worksheet. This opens a new
      worksheet in a window.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>O</accel>pen</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Open an existing worksheet. A new window is
      created with the file selected in it.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>S</accel>ave</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Save the current worksheet. If the file has been
      named and saved before, this will silently save the file to the
      current filename. If it has not been saved before, this will
      prompt for a filename and path.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem>S<accel>a</accel>ve
      as..</guimenuitem></term>

      <listitem><para>Save a file with a new name. Save a newly created
      file or save a file with a different name. </para></listitem>

    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>P</accel>lugins</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Open the plugins dialog. For loading, saving of
      plugins. This shows the listing of pre loaded plugins and allows
      the user the user to add more.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>C</accel>lose</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Close the current worksheet.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>Q</accel>uit</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Close the open worksheets and quit
      Gnumeric</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>


    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title><guimenu><accel>E</accel>dit</guimenu></title>
      <variablelist>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>C</accel>ut</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Remove the content in the currently selected cells
      and save it.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem>C<accel>o</accel>py</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Make a copy of the current selection to be pasted
      later.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>P</accel>aste</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Paste whatever is in the cut buffer at the
      cursor.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem>P<accel>a</accel>ste
      Special</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para>Paste from the cut
      buffer, but with more options as to what to paste.  Useful for
      pasting just format, or just values, etc.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>S</accel>elect All</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Select every cell in the worksheet.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><guisubmenu>Clear -></guisubmenu></term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guimenuitem><accel>A</accel>ll</guimenuitem></term>
          <listitem><para>Clear every cell.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guimenuitem><accel>F</accel>ormats</guimenuitem></term>
          <listitem><para>Clear the format from selected
          cells.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><guimenuitem><accel>G</accel>oto Cell</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Let the user specify a cell to "jump" to.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title><guimenu><accel>V</accel>iew</guimenu></title>
      <variablelist>
    <varlistentry><term><guimenuitem><accel>Z</accel>oom</guimenuitem></term>
    <listitem><para>Zoom in. To show a area of the spreadsheet in more
    detail.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title><guimenu><accel>I</accel>nsert</guimenu></title>
      <variablelist>
    <varlistentry><term><guimenuitem><accel>C</accel>ells</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Insert a new cell.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry><term><guimenuitem><accel>R</accel>ows</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Insert a Row of cells.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry><term><guimenuitem>C<accel>o</accel>lumns</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>Insert a Column of cells.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title><guimenu>F<accel>o</accel>rmat</guimenu></title>
      <variablelist>
    <varlistentry><term><guimenuitem><accel>C</accel>ells</guimenuitem></term>
    <listitem><para>Open the cell format dialog. Used to change
    formatting, color, etc</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title><guimenu><accel>H</accel>elp</guimenu></title>
      <variablelist>
    <varlistentry><term><guimenuitem>Cells</guimenuitem></term>
      <listitem><para>View the online help for Gnumeric</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect3>-->
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