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- There are several ways to use this manual depending on what kind
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- <para><guilabel>New users</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- If you are new to computers or to spreadsheets consider
- reading <xref linkend="chapter-quick-start" />, titled "A
- Quick Introduction", which explains the basics of
- spreadsheets in general and
- <application>Gnumeric</application> in particular.
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- <para><guilabel>Users who want specific help</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- Quickly finding help for a particular question can be quite
- hard. We suggest first reading the explanations of the
- contents of each chapter which are given below to try to
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- The chapters of this version of the
- <application>Gnumeric</application> manual are organized as
- follows:
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- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-quick-start" />:
- <guilabel>A Quick Introduction</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- The best way to learn how to use
- <application>Gnumeric</application> is to begin exploring
- the program yourself. This chapter will help you get started
- trying new things and seeing what happens. The chapter
- explains the fundamentals of spreadsheets in general and of
- <application>Gnumeric</application> in particular. The
- chapter attempts to help new users get started with
- <application>Gnumeric</application> and provides background
- for the more detailed explanations given in the rest of the
- manual.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-gui-elements" />:
- <guilabel>Gnumeric Elements</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter describes all of the pieces of
- <application>Gnumeric</application> which a user can
- manipulate. The chapter provides explanations for each of
- the menus, menu entries, toolbar buttons and other elements
- of the graphical user interface.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-data" />:
- <guilabel>Working with Data</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains the core functionality of
- <application>Gnumeric</application> including the basic
- types of data manipulated by
- <application>Gnumeric</application>, the methods of
- entering, altering and formating data, and the basic
- tools for analysis of these data. More advanced analysis is
- described in <xref linkend="chapter-advanced-analysis" />.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-advanced-analysis" />:
- <guilabel>Advanced Analysis</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains many of the advanced analytic tools
- available in <application>Gnumeric</application> including
- statistical analysis, linear algebra calculations and
- simulation analysis.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-graphics" />: <guilabel>Graphics:
- Plots, Images, Widgets, and Drawings</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to add graphical elements to a
- <application>Gnumeric</application> worksheet, including
- data graphs to plot worksheet data, images from external
- files, graphical user interface widgets which interact with
- worksheet data, and simple drawing elements.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-worksheets" />:
- <guilabel>Managing and Viewing Worksheets</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to manage worksheets and
- manipulate the view of the worksheet contents.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-workbooks" />:
- <guilabel>Workbook Settings</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains the contents of a
- <application>Gnumeric</application> workbook which are not
- part of the worksheets. This includes several settings which
- apply to the workbook and are saved in the
- <application>Gnumeric</application> file. Settings which
- apply to the <application>Gnumeric</application> program
- itself are called `preferences' and are explained in <xref
- linkend="chapter-configuring" />.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-configuring" />:
- <guilabel>Configuring Gnumeric</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to change the default behaviour of
- <application>Gnumeric</application> including the startup
- behaviour and default locale (language and number display).
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-files" />:
- <guilabel>Working with Files</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to use files in &gnum;. The
- chapter provides an extensive description of the file
- formats used by &gnum;. The chapter also explains how to
- open files, import data from text files, save files, export
- data to text files, send data to others via electronic mail,
- and convert files from one format to another.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-printing" />:
- <guilabel>Printing</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to print spreadsheets, tables and
- plots from <application>Gnumeric</application> to a printer
- directly or into Postscript or PDF (both are page
- description languages).
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-morehelp" />:
- <guilabel>Getting More Help</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter describes other sources of help which are
- available to users including the
- <application>Gnumeric</application> web site, the mailing
- list, and the internet relay chat (IRC) discussion
- channel. The chapter also explains how to tell the project
- about a problem with the program.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-bugs" />:
- <guilabel>Reporting a Problem</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to report a problem with
- <application>Gnumeric</application> so that the problem can
- be fixed. The same procedure can be used to file a report
- requesting an enhancement or a new feature.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-getting-involved" />:
- <guilabel>Getting Involved</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to get involved in the &gnum; project,
- the GNOME project, or other free software projects.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-installing" />:
- <guilabel>Installing &gnum;</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to install &gnum; using previously
- compiled and bundled files.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-compiling" />:
- <guilabel>Compiling &gnum;</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to compiling the &gnum; source
- code into a working program. The chapter explains how to
- obtain the source code for the &gnum; program, how to
- create a correct envirnoment for compilation, and the steps
- involved in compilation.
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- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-extending" />:
- <guilabel>Extending Gnumeric</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to go about extending
- <application>Gnumeric</application> to provide extra
- functionality. Because <application>Gnumeric</application>
- is Free Software this is quite easy to do.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <xref linkend="chapter-programing" />:
- <guilabel>Programing &gnum;</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to work programing the internals
- of &gnum;. This includes explaining the different parts of
- the code base, the tools that can be used to help and other
- useful information.
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- <xref linkend="chapter-documenting" />:
- <guilabel>Improve this manual</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter explains how to help improve this manual by
- editing the text from which the manual is build. This
- includes explaining the GNOME Documentation Project,
- Docbook and other relevant information.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="chapter-about" />:
- <guilabel>About Gnumeric</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter provides some background information on the
- creation and distribution of
- <application>Gnumeric</application>.
- </para>
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- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="function-reference" />:
- <guilabel>Function Reference</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This appendix provides a list of all the functions which are
- currently defined in <application>Gnumeric</application>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="keybinding" />:
- <guilabel>Keybinding Reference</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This appendix lists the keyboard shortcuts which are defined
- by default in <application>Gnumeric</application>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
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- <xref linkend="glossary" />:
- <guilabel>Glossary</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- This appendix defines certain terms used in this manual.
- </para>
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- <xref linkend="index" />:
- <guilabel>Index</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- The index provides a link to the concepts used in this manual.
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