Open a file on a Web server

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1. In any Office program, click File, then click Open.
2. To open your list of shortcuts to Web servers, do one of the following:

   In Windows 2000 or Windows Millennium Edition, click My Network Places.

   In Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 98, click Web Folders.

3. Double-click the network place for the Web server that contains the file you want to open.
   
   If you don't see a network place for that Web server, you must create a new network place.  

   How?

   Windows 2000 or Windows Millennium Edition

   1. Double-click Add Network Place.
   2. Click Create a shortcut to an existing Network Place, and then click Next.

   3. Type the URL of the Web server.

   4. Type a name for the shortcut to the Web server, and then click Finish.

   Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 98

   1. Double-click Add Web Folder.
   2. Click Create a shortcut to an existing Web Folder, and then click Next.

   3. Type the URL of the Web server.

   4. Type a name for the shortcut to the Web server, and then click Finish.

4. Double-click the folder that contains the file you want to open, and then double-click the file.