<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="oeffnentext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">With the menu command <span style="font-weight:bold;">File - Open</span> or the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Open File</span> icon you will open a dialog for opening documents of all types, whether <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> documents or those in another format.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">In <help:link Id="66281" Eid="systemdialog" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Tools - Options - <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> - General</help:link> you can select if you want to apply the dialogs for opening and saving from <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> or from your operating system. The <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> dialog is described here.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">When opening a <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> 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="Head2"><help:help-id value="SFX2_MENUBUTTON_DLG_SFX_EXPLORERFILE_BTN_EXPLORERFILE_UP" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="SVTOOLS_MENUBUTTON_DLG_SVT_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 in order to go up one level of folders. The small green triangle indicates that you can open a submenu with a long click.</help:help-text> This submenu shows you the respective higher order folders.</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="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can open a folder that has been previously set or defined as the default directory for the desired command. </help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><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">You can set "My Documents" or "Default directory" by choosing <span class="T1">Tools - Options - <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> - Paths</span> (My Documents).</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The current selection that matches the details of <span class="T1">File name</span> and <span class="T1">File type</span> is displayed here.</help:help-text> Double-click one of the documents shown or select and click the <span class="T1">Open</span> button to load this.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="multiselections; opening" tag="kw65703_13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="opening; several files" tag="kw65703_12" 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>
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<p class="P2">Click a column header to sort all files. Click again to sort in reverse order.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:help-id value="HID_FILEVIEW_MENU_DELETE" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Delete - in context menu: <help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Deletes the marked files or folders, after requesting confirmation.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="P2"><help:help-id value="HID_FILEVIEW_MENU_RENAME" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Rename - in context menu: <help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this command to rename the marked file or folder.</help:help-text></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 limit the selection of files in the display area by using wildcards together with fragments of the name.</p>
<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"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If the currently selected file has different document versions, these are <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>displayed here. You can create and manage</help:help-text> versions of the currently opened document by choosing <span class="T1">File - Versions</span>. The different versions of a document are opened in write-protected format.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this field to select the filter with which you open the document. In the display area you now see only the documents that match your selection.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">In order to see all the files, select "All files <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="UNIX">(*)</help:case><help:default>(*.*)</help:default></help:switch>". Above the list of file types you see groups for all text documents, spreadsheets, and so on, that <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> is able to open. <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> assesses this on the basis of the file extension. <help:link Id="65614" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Additional information on import and export filters</help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="HTML files; opening" tag="kw65703_6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>When loading HTML files please note that there are a number of filters with the name <span class="T1">Web page</span>: the filter in the area of the other <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer filters opens the document in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The filter in the category of other <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Calc filters loads the document in a <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Calc spreadsheet. This is useful, for example, in the case of stock market data available over the Internet in table form.</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> <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/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="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">Clicking this button plays the selected sound file. Clicking again during playing ends the playing of the file.</help:help-text> This is like an acoustic "preview" of the selected sound file. This button is only available when assigning a sound to an effect.</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_5"/><help:key-word value="searching for templates when opening document" tag="kw65703_4"/><help:key-word value="templates; searching for when opening a file" tag="kw65703_3"/></p>
<p class="Paragraph">Upon opening a <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> document a check is made that this is based on a template that is present in your <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="UNIX">{installpath}/share/template/german</help:case><help:default>{installpath}\share\template\german</help:default></help:switch> folder or in <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="UNIX">{installpath}/user/template</help:case><help:default>{installpath}\user\template</help:default></help:switch> (including the subdirectories of these folders; or in the folder that you have entered in <help:link Id="66242"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tools - Options - <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> - Paths</span></help:link> as the template folder).</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="Document template has been changed" tag="kw65703_2"/>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 <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>. The Styles contained in your document will be replaced by the corresponding Styles in your <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>. 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>
