Getting Started Guide

This section discusses the OpenOffice.org Open and Save As dialogs. Figure 12 shows
the Save As dialog; the Open dialog is similar.
Figure 12: The OpenOffice.org Save As dialog
The three buttons in the top right of the OOo Open and Save As dialogs are, from left
to right:
• Go Up One Level in the folder (directory) hierarchy. Click and hold this button
for a second to drop down a list of higher level folders; to go to one of the
folders on the list, move the mouse pointer over its name and release the
mouse button.
• Create New Folder.
• Default Directory.
For OOo documents that have been saved with more than one version, use the
Version drop-down to select which version you wish to open in read-only mode. For
Microsoft Office documents, only the current version can be opened.
Use the File type field to specify the type of file to be opened or the format of the file
to be saved.
The Read-only option on the Open dialog opens the file for reading and printing only.
Consequently, most of the toolbars disappear, and most menu options are disabled.
An Edit File button is displayed on the Standard toolbar to open the file for editing.
You can open files from the Web by typing a URL in the File name field on the Open
dialog.
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