Writer Guide

Figure 17. Creating a document from a template
Opening an existing document
When no document is open, the Welcome screen provides an icon for
opening an existing document.
You can also open an existing document in one of the following ways. If
a document is already open in OOo, the second document opens in a
new window.
• Click File > Open....
• Click the Open button on the main toolbar.
• Press Control+O on the keyboard.
In each case, the Open dialog box appears. Select the file you want,
and then click Open.
In the Open dialog box, you can reduce the list of files by selecting the
type of file you are looking for. For example, if you choose Text
documents as the file type, you will only see documents Writer can
open (including *.odt, *.doc, *.txt). This method opens Word (*.doc)
files, as well as OOo files and other formats.
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