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35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsharedguidedoc_openxml" indexer="include">
36*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Opening Documents</title>
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41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147834"><bookmark_value>opening; documents</bookmark_value>
42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>documents; opening</bookmark_value>
43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>files; opening</bookmark_value>
44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>loading; documents</bookmark_value>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>spreadsheets;creating/opening</bookmark_value>
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>presentations;creating/opening</bookmark_value>
47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>FTP; opening documents</bookmark_value>
48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>new documents</bookmark_value>
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>empty documents</bookmark_value>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>text documents;creating/opening</bookmark_value>
51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>drawings; creating/opening</bookmark_value>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>HTML documents; new</bookmark_value>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>formulas; new</bookmark_value>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw changed "tables;..." to "spreadsheets;..."</comment><comment>mw made one entry out of two for "spreadsheets;", "presentations;" and "text (documents);"</comment>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147834" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="doc_open"><link href="text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp" name="Opening Documents">Opening Documents</link>
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57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147653" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Opening an existing document</paragraph>
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149398" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN107A9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">File - Open</item>
62*cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph>
63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN107AF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Open</emph> icon on the Standard toolbar</paragraph>
64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN107B2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+O </paragraph>
65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150275" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">The <link href="text/shared/01/01020000.xhp" name="Open">Open</link> dialog appears.</paragraph>
66*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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68*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149164" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">Select the file you want to open and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
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71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149234" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="CHG" oldref="13">Restrict Files to Display</paragraph>
72*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="14">To restrict the display of files in the <emph>Open</emph> dialog to a certain type select the corresponding <emph>File type</emph> from the list. Select <emph>All Files (*.*)</emph> to display all files.</paragraph>
73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id4651326" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Cursor Position</paragraph>
74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5509201" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In general, all documents open with the cursor at the start of the document. </paragraph>
75*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6594744" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">One exception appears when the author of a Writer text document saves and reopens a document: The cursor will be at the same position where it has been when the document was saved. This only works when the name of the author was entered in <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME - User Data</emph>.</paragraph>
76*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
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78*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3422650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Press Shift+F5 to set the cursor to the last saved position.</paragraph>
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81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148453" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="17">Opening an Empty Document</paragraph>
82*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147287" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">Click the <emph>New</emph> icon on the Standard bar or choose <emph>File - New</emph>. This opens a document of the document type specified.</paragraph>
83*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153092" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="20">If you click the arrow next to the <emph>New</emph> icon, a submenu opens in which you can select another document type.</paragraph>
84*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id0820200803501358" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">System File Dialogs or %PRODUCTNAME Dialogs</paragraph>
85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0820200803501356" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">On most operating systems, you can choose to use the system file dialogs or %PRODUCTNAME dialogs.</paragraph>
86*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered">
87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
88*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0820200803501429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME - General</item> to switch the type of open/save dialogs.</paragraph>
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91*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0820200803501449" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The %PRODUCTNAME dialogs support file download and upload using secure https connections.</paragraph>
92*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id0820200803501453" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Opening Files from a Web Server</paragraph>
93*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">You can enter a URL in the <emph>File name</emph> box of the <emph>Open</emph> dialogs. The URL must start with file:/// or ftp:// or http://. </paragraph>
94*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0820200803501548" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you use the %PRODUCTNAME dialog, you can use the https:// prefix for a secure connection, and you can save a document on the web server.</paragraph>
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97*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="warning" id="par_idN107C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">When you open a file by a URL from the Windows file dialog, Windows will open a local copy of the file, located in the Internet Explorer cache. The %PRODUCTNAME file dialog opens a local copy of the file in the system's temp folder.</paragraph>
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101*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148616" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5"><link href="text/shared/01/01020000.xhp" name="File - Open">File - Open</link></paragraph>
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