# File Operations

Explore procedures for saving and opening files in Spread Designer, including serialization and Excel summary storage.

## Content

You can save data from Spread into several different file types and open data files from several different file types into Spread. At design time, you can use the Spread Designer to save the Spread to any of various file types or open previously saved files. With code, you can save the whole component, a particular sheet, or data from a particular range of cells to several different file types or streams. Similarly, you can allow your users to handle file operations for a range of file types.
The procedures for managing file operations include:

* [Saving Data to a File](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-usefiles/spwin-savefiles)
* [Opening Existing Files](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-usefiles/spwin-openfiles)
* [Using Serialization](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-usefiles/spwin-serializeops)
* [Saving and Loading a Skin](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-appearcontrol/spwin-sheetskinsaveload)
* [Storing Excel Summary and View](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/StoringExcelSummaryandView)

For information about saving and opening files in Spread Designer, refer to [Saving and Opening Design Files](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-designerguide/spwin-spd-using/spwin-spd-opensave) in the Spread Designer Guide.

## See Also

[Import and Export Reference](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-impexpref)
[Developer's Guide](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide)
[Assembly Reference](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/assembly-reference)
[Spread Designer Guide](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-designerguide)