2.10.1 Opening a spreadsheet
You can open a spreadsheet with the
Spreadsheet ▸ New Spreadsheet menu item or
with the key Alt+T.
When you open a new spreadsheet, a configuration screen
with the following options appears:
-
Variable
- —
Here you can specify a variable in which the
spreadsheet will be saved as a matrix.
- Rows, Columns
- —
Here you can specify the number of rows and columns in the spreadsheet.
- Eval
- —
If checked, then the
spreadsheet will be re-evaluated every time you make a change to it.
(You can always re-evaluate the spreadsheet
by clicking the eval button on its menu bar.)
- Distribute
- —
If checked, then entering a matrix
will distribute the contents across an appropriate array of cells,
otherwise the matrix will be put in one cell.
- Landscape
- —
If checked, the graphical representation of the spreadsheet will be displayed
below the spreadsheet, otherwise it will be
displayed to the right of the spreadsheet.
- Move right
- —
If checked, the cursor will move
to the cell to the right of the current cell
when data is entered, otherwise it will be moved to
the cell below the current cell.
- Spreadsheet
- —
If checked, the spreadsheet will be
formatted as a spreadsheet, otherwise it will be
formatted as a matrix.
- Graph
- —
If checked, the graphical representation of the
spreadsheet will be displayed.
- Undo history
- —
Here you can specify how many undo’s can be performed at a time.
The configuration screen can be reopened with the
Edit ▸ Configuration ▸ Cfg
window menu attached to the spreadsheet.