1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0">
3cdf0e10cSrcweir
4*226a8927SAndrew Rist<!--***********************************************************
5cdf0e10cSrcweir *
6*226a8927SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
7*226a8927SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
8*226a8927SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information
9*226a8927SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
10*226a8927SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
11*226a8927SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
12*226a8927SAndrew Rist * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
13*226a8927SAndrew Rist *
14*226a8927SAndrew Rist *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
15*226a8927SAndrew Rist *
16*226a8927SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
17*226a8927SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
18*226a8927SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
19*226a8927SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
20*226a8927SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations
21*226a8927SAndrew Rist * under the License.
22*226a8927SAndrew Rist *
23*226a8927SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************-->
24*226a8927SAndrew Rist
25*226a8927SAndrew Rist
26cdf0e10cSrcweir
27cdf0e10cSrcweir
28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta>
29cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsharedguidedoc_openxml" indexer="include">
30cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Opening Documents</title>
31cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp</filename>
32cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic>
33cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta>
34cdf0e10cSrcweir<body>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147834"><bookmark_value>opening; documents</bookmark_value>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>documents; opening</bookmark_value>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>files; opening</bookmark_value>
38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>loading; documents</bookmark_value>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>spreadsheets;creating/opening</bookmark_value>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>presentations;creating/opening</bookmark_value>
41cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>FTP; opening documents</bookmark_value>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>new documents</bookmark_value>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>empty documents</bookmark_value>
44cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>text documents;creating/opening</bookmark_value>
45cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>drawings; creating/opening</bookmark_value>
46cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>HTML documents; new</bookmark_value>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>formulas; new</bookmark_value>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw changed "tables;..." to "spreadsheets;..."</comment><comment>mw made one entry out of two for "spreadsheets;", "presentations;" and "text (documents);"</comment>
49cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
50cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph>
51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147653" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Opening an existing document</paragraph>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149398" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN107A9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">File - Open</item>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN107AF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Open</emph> icon on the Standard toolbar</paragraph>
58cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
60cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
61cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
62cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
63cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
65cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149234" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="CHG" oldref="13">Restrict Files to Display</paragraph>
66cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id4651326" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Cursor Position</paragraph>
68cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
69cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
70cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
71cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
72cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
73cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
74cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
75cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148453" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="17">Opening an Empty Document</paragraph>
76cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
77cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
78cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id0820200803501358" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">System File Dialogs or %PRODUCTNAME Dialogs</paragraph>
79cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
80cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered">
81cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
82cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
83cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
84cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
85cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
86cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id0820200803501453" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Opening Files from a Web Server</paragraph>
87cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
88cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
89cdf0e10cSrcweir<switch select="sys">
90cdf0e10cSrcweir<case select="WIN">
91cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
92cdf0e10cSrcweir</case>
93cdf0e10cSrcweir</switch>
94cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics">
95cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
96cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/00/00000021.xhp#xmlformat"/>
97cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/guide/ms_user.xhp#ms_user"/>
98cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
99cdf0e10cSrcweir</body>
100cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>
101