/text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. FPE: Deleted screenshot. Cleaned slightly. opening; documents documents; opening files; opening loading; documents text; opening tables; opening presentations; opening drawings; opening FTP; opening documents new documents empty documents text documents;creating new spreadsheets;creating new drawings; creating new HTML documents;creating new formulas; creating new Opening Documents Opening an existing document Do one of the following: Choose File - Open Click the Open icon Press Ctrl+O The Open dialog appears. Select the file you want to open and click Open. You can also enter a URL in the File name box of the Open dialog. This must start with the fully extended form with file:/// or ftp:// or http://. When you open a file by an 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 the remote file. Restrict Files to Display To restrict the display of files in the Open dialog to a certain type select the corresponding File type from the list. Select All Files (*.*) to display all files. Cursor Position In general, all documents open with the cursor at the start of the document. 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 author has entered his name in Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - User Data. Press Shift+F5 to set the cursor to the last saved position. Opening an Empty Document Click the New icon Icon on the Standard bar or choose File - New. This opens a document of the document type specified. If you click the arrow next to the New icon, a submenu opens in which you can select another document type.

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