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# The Tools Menu

The Tools menu is

Figure 9. The Tools menu.

The menu choices are grouped into the following groups:

The Plug-ins dialog.

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

Automatic tools

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

  - Auto Correct... --- The Auto Correct... 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. `Gnumeric` can automatically caplitalize the names of week days. `Gnumeric` can automatically change an entry which starts with two capital letters to only start with one and `Gnumeric` can change a sentence entry to start with a capital letter.

  - Auto Save --- The Auto Save menu item opens a dialog which allows the user to have `Gnumeric` automatically save the current workbook after a fixed interval of time. The user can also have `Gnumeric` ask for confirmation before saving so that the user always remains aware of the state the workbook was in when it was saved.

Linear Programming tools

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

  - Goal Seek --- The Goal Seek menu item opens a dialog through which the user can configure `Gnumeric` to iteratively search for a numeric value which solves a formula. This dialog is explained in the Section called Goal Seek Tool in the chapter called Solver.

  - Solver --- The Solver menu item opens a dialog through which the user can configure `Gnumeric` to solve linear systems of equations. This is explained in the Section called Solver in the chapter called Solver.

Statistics and other Data Analsyis tools

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

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