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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152876" xml-lang="en-US" level="1">Filter Selection</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154926" xml-lang="en-US">Allows you to select an import filter.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159201" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="SFX2:LISTBOX:DLG_FILTER_SELECT:LB_DLG_LISTBOX">Select the import filter for the file that you want to open.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152918" xml-lang="en-US">If $[officename] does not recognize the file type of the document that your want to open, try any of the following:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155892" xml-lang="en-US">Ensure that the file extension corresponds to the file type of the document. For example, a Microsoft Word document must have a <emph>*.doc</emph> or <emph>*.docx</emph> extension for $[officename] to use the appropriate filter.</paragraph>
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