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<sect1 id="sect-files-ssconvert">
<title>Converting Files</title>
<para>
&gnum; can convert files automatically without needing user
intervention. This allows a large number of files to be converted
using a script. &gnum; is distributed along with a program called
<application>ssconvert</application> which is the program used to
convert files automatically. All of the file formats supported by
&gnum; can be used except for the PostScript and PDF file formats
which operate through the printing system.
</para>
<para>
This application is used, from the command line by specifying, any
desired options, an input file and an output file. For example,
<screen>
ssconvert myfile.xls myfile.gnumeric
</screen>
would convert an <application>Excel</application> format file to a
&gnum; format file.
</para>
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<para></para>
<para>
The available import and export file formats which ssconvert
can read can be listed using
<screen>
ssconvert --list-importers
</screen>
or
<screen>
ssconvert --list-exporters
</screen>
respectively.
</para>
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<para></para>
<para>
Like other GNU command line applications,
<application>ssconvert</application> includes a manual page. This
page can be accessed by typing:
<screen>
man ssconvert
</screen>
which will open the manual page. This page can be navigated by
typing the space bar or using the <keysym>Page Up</keysym> and
<keysym>Page Down</keysym> buttons. The
<application>man</application> program can be dismissed by typing
the <keysym>q</keysym> key.
</para>
</sect1>
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