I have no idea when this started but every file saved by gnumeric (0.3) is gzipped. No, it does not get a .gz, only the text is compressed. Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Manager of the Western Branch Office, Datenrevision GmbH work: Cuxhavener Str. 36, D-21149 Hamburg home: Th.-Heuss-Str. 61, D-41812 Erkelenz, Michael.Meskes@usa.net Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux!