User's Manual

Opening files

To open an existing document, choose File > Open or click the Open File icon on the

Function Toolbar, or press Control+O.

The Open dialog appears. Figure 1 shows the WindowsXP version of this dialog.

Figure 1. Open dialog in WindowsXP

Choose the file to open, then click the Open button.

Note: Under Microsoft Windows there is the option of using either the OpenOffice.org Open and

Save As dialogs or the ones provided by Microsoft Windows. See “Using the Open and Save As

dialogs” on page 13.

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