<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="oeffnentext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">Choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">File - Open</span> or click the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Open File</span> icon to activate a dialog for opening documents of all types, irrespective of whether they are OpenOffice.org or external formats.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded> To scale the dialog, drag the frame with the mouse pointer.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">When opening a OpenOffice.org file that contains Styles, special rules apply which are described <help:link Id="65703" Eid="vorlagen" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">below</help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Files can be opened in different ways; other possibilities may be available depending on your operating system.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:key-word value="Change drive" tag="kw65703_23" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To change the drive in the file selection dialog, enter the drive letter followed by a colon in the <span class="T1">File name</span> text box, e.g. c: and press Enter. The entire contents of C: are displayed in the selection window.</p>
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<p class="P2">You can also enter a URL, which must begin with file:/// or http://, into the <span class="T1">File name</span> text box on the <span class="T1">Open</span> dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><a name="ohnelayout"/><help:key-word value="Opening a file without a layout" tag="kw65703_22" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you cannot open an existing document due to defective formatting attributes, try to open the file again with "No Layout". To do this, activate the <span class="T1">Open</span> dialog and press <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command+Option+L</help:case><help:default>Ctrl+Alt+L</help:default></help:switch>. In the subsequent dialog, click <span class="T1">OK</span> to confirm that the file be opened without layout attributes. Select the desired document and click <span class="T1">Open</span>. Upon loading the document, OpenOffice.org replaces any defective formatting with the default format.</p>
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<p class="Head2"><help:help-id value="SFX2_MENUBUTTON_DLG_SFX_EXPLORERFILE_BTN_EXPLORERFILE_UP" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Up One Level</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click the icon to move up to the next level in the folder hierarchy. The small green triangle signalizes that you can open a submenu by long-clicking.</help:help-text> This submenu displays the corresponding superordinate folder.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click to create a new folder.</help:help-text> After clicking this icon, type in a name for the folder.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:help-id value="SFX2_MENUBUTTON_DLG_SFX_EXPLORERFILE_BTN_EXPLORERFILE_STANDARD" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="folder bookmark; creating, deleting and editing" tag="kw65703_17" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="My Documents" tag="kw65703_16" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/> To Default directory</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">With a short click, you can open a predefined directory or a folder defined as the default directory for the required action. The small green triangle on the icon denotes the presence of a submenu containing folders for selection which is accessed by long-click.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can also access My Documents and your templates or create a folder bookmark here.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:help-id value="HID_PDFOLDERS_FAVORITES_ADD" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">You can create hyperlinks to any folder with the "Add Folder Bookmark" command, delete them with "Remove Bookmark Folder" and rename them with "Edit Bookmark Folder".</help:help-text> Several folder bookmarks are possibles which are inserted as links and displayed on the submenu.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:help-id value="SFX2_EDIT_DLG_IODLG_NEW_FAVORITE_ED_NEWFAV_TITLE" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Switch for example, to a folder in the File - Open dialog that does not have a folder bookmark. You are now able to select the command <span class="T1">Add Folder Bookmark</span>. The dialog <span class="T1">New Folder Bookmark</span> appears. <help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">As a title, enter the name that you want to appear in the submenu of<span class="T1"> To Default Directory</span> for this folder bookmark.</help:help-text> The command <span class="T1">Remove Bookmark Folder</span> is only visible if the folder displayed in the Display area of the <span class="T1">Open</span> dialog has a foler bookmark.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:help-id value="HID_PDFOLDERS_FAVORITES_REMOVE" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The <span class="T1">Edit Folder Bookmarks</span> command opens a dialog that enables you to rename, delete and reset the folder bookmarks.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="P3"><help:help-id value="HID_FILEDLG_EDIT_FAVORITES_LISTBOX" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">You can mark one or various entries contained in the list of the dialog <span class="T1">Edit Folder Bookmarks</span> and rearrange their order using drag and drop.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="P3"><help:help-id value="SFX2_PUSHBUTTON_DLG_IODLG_EDIT_FAVORITES_BTN_FAVORITES_RENAME" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The <span class="T1">Rename</span> button opens the <span class="T1">Rename Folder Bookmark</span> dialog. In this dialog, you can change the directory name displayed in the <span class="T1">Title</span> text box.</help:help-text> This command is only available if an entry has been selected in the <span class="T1">Edit Folder Bookmarks</span> dialog.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:help-id value="SFX2_PUSHBUTTON_DLG_IODLG_EDIT_FAVORITES_BTN_FAVORITES_DELETE" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">With <span class="T1">Delete</span> all selected entries are deleted.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="P3"><help:help-id value="SFX2_PUSHBUTTON_DLG_IODLG_EDIT_FAVORITES_BTN_FAVORITES_RESET" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">By pressing the <span class="T1">Reset</span> button you can cancel a previous alteration.</help:help-text> Your folder Bookmarks will be saved in a separate folder which you can define under <span class="T1">Tools - Options... - General - Paths</span>. The default setting reads as follows: "OpenOffice.org\user\config\folders".</p>
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<p class="P4"><help:help-id value="HID_PDFOLDERS_STANDARD" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The path for "<help:key-word value="My documents" tag="kw65703_1"/>My documents" or "<help:key-word value="Default directory" tag="kw65703_2"/>Default directory" can be setup under <span class="T1">Tools - Options - General - Paths</span>. </help:help-text>The default directory is <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="UNIX">OpenOffice.org/user/work</help:case><help:default>OpenOffice.org\user\work</help:default></help:switch> or the My Documents folder defined in your system.</p>
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<p class="P4"><help:help-id value="HID_PDFOLDERS_GRAPHICS" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The "Graphics" entry provides you with the contents that are setup in the <span class="T1">Tools - Options - General - Paths</span> (Graphics) menu.</help:help-text> The <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="UNIX">OpenOffice.org\share\gallery</help:case><help:default>OpenOffice.org\share\gallery</help:default></help:switch> folder is the default.</p>
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<p class="P5"><help:help-id value="HID_PDFOLDERS_HISTORY" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>"Last Used" is the final entry on the menu. <help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The paths to all the files you have called up during a session are temporarily saved here, so that they can be reached quickly and without a lot of clicking.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This area contains a selection corresponding to your settings in the fields <span class="T1">File name</span> and <span class="T1">File type</span>.</help:help-text> Double-click any document or select a document and click <span class="T1">Open</span> to load the file. The Recycle Bin is also displayed, although the contents cannot be opened.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="multiselections; opening" tag="kw65703_15" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="opening; several files" tag="kw65703_14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you have selected more than one file (Shift or <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>)held down) in the <span class="T1">Open</span> dialog, one click on <span class="T1">Open</span> will open them all together.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the document name or its path, in the <help:popup Id="65629" Eid="url">URL</help:popup> style if known, into this text field.</help:help-text> When entering an URL, ensure it begins with file:/// or http://. If you enter a drive letter followed by a colon into the text field, you will see the contents of the drive in the selection window.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can reduce the file selection in the display area by entering placeholders (wildcards) with fragments of the name. By default, all files (*.*) of the chosen type are displayed. The setting in the Data type field remains "<all>".</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you have first filtered the display area with a definite file type and then with placeholders, the file type will not be changed again, i.e. from then on it is filtered with the placeholder. If you want to use the setting of the file type field again, you simply delete the entry in the file name field and press enter. It will be filtered again with the file type entered.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default>For example, enter "a*.*" (without quotation marks), to display only the files which begin with an "a". If you want to open a file, but only know that it has a "3" in the third position of the name and the extension "txt", enter "??3*.txt". Only the files that correspond to this pattern will appear. The asterisk "*" stands for any characters, but must not be placed at the beginning, otherwise "all files" are meant. The question mark "?" refers to just one character, of any type. </help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph">When entering paths and file names in the File dialog, OpenOffice.org provides support with a function that we have named AutoComplete.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If the selected file contains various document versions, they will be displayed here.</help:help-text> Document versions can be added and administered with the <span class="T1">File - Versions</span> menu command. To open another version other than the current version, select it from the list. The other document version is then opened as read-only.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This list box enables you to select the filter used to open the document. Only documents that fit your selection will be displayed.</help:help-text> To view all files, select "<All>". <help:link Id="65614" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Further information on import and export filters</help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="HTML file, open" tag="kw65703_8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>When loading HTML files, note that there are several different filters: "HTML (OpenOffice.org Writer)" opens HTML files in OpenOffice.org.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The filter "HTML (OpenOffice.org Calc)" loads the document into a spreadsheet. This is useful, for example, when viewing Stocks data that is shown in the Internet as a table.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click here to close the dialog and load the selected document.</help:help-text> If no document is selected, this button is inactive.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this button to insert the selected file at the cursor's position in the current document.</help:help-text> (If you opened the dialog with menu <span class="T1">Insert - File</span> you will notice that the <span class="T1">Open</span> button is called <span class="T1">Insert</span>).</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Mark this check box to open a document in the read-only mode. You cannot edit or save it.</help:help-text> You could, however save the document under another name and then edit it. If read-only is activated, menu commands that can modify the document are deactivated.</p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="MSG_QUERY_LOAD_TEMPLATE"/>Tips for Opening Documents with Templates<help:key-word value="documents with templates; opening" tag="kw65703_7"/><help:key-word value="searching for templates when opening document" tag="kw65703_6"/><help:key-word value="templates; searching for when opening a file" tag="kw65703_5"/></p>
<p class="Paragraph">When opening a OpenOffice.org document, the program checks whether the document is based on a document template contained in the folder <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="UNIX">OpenOffice.org/share/template/english</help:case><help:default>OpenOffice.org\share\template\english</help:default></help:switch> or <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="UNIX">OpenOffice.org/user/template</help:case><help:default>OpenOffice.org\user\template</help:default></help:switch>. It also checks the subdirectories of this folder and the template folders entered under <help:link Id="66242"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tools - Options - General - Paths</span></help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="Document template has been changed" tag="kw65703_4"/>Upon opening a document based on a template which has been changed changed in the meantime, you will see the following dialog:</p>
<p class="Paragraph">"The Styles in this document do not match your current Styles. Should your current Styles be applied to this document?"</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Reply with <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span>, and the document will be loaded with the template already existing in your OpenOffice.org. The Styles contained in your document will be replaced by the corresponding Styles in your OpenOffice.org. This change only become permanent when the document is saved.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you click <span style="font-weight:bold;">No</span>, the document is loaded in its original form. The Styles in your document will not be changed.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If no corresponding document template is found, you will be asked if you would like to continue searching for the template in the future.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you reply with <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span>, it will look for the document template again when it next reloads the document. This reply is suitable if, for example, you know that the template is on a temporarily unavailable network drive.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you reply with <span style="font-weight:bold;">No</span> and save the document, it will not look for the document template when it next reloads the document. The document is then "separated" from its template.</p>
