Open/text/shared/01/01020000.xhpSun Microsystems, Inc.Deleted 2 screenshotsdirectories; creating newfolders; creating newMy Documents folder; openingdefault directoriesmultiple selections; openingopening; several filesselecting; several filesopening; files with placeholderswildcards; opening filesfiles; opening with placeholdersplaceholders;on opening filesdocuments; opening with templatestemplates; opening documents withdocuments; styles changedstyles; 'changed' messageOpenOpens or imports a file.The following sections describe the %PRODUCTNAMEOpen dialog. To activate the %PRODUCTNAMEOpen and Save dialogs, choose Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME- General, and then select the Use %PRODUCTNAMEdialogs in the Open/Save dialogs area.If the file that you want to open contains Styles, special rules apply.Up One LevelMove up one directory in the directory hierarchy. Long-click to see the higher level directories.UFI: it is still a long-clickCreate New DirectoryCreates a new directory.Default DirectoryDisplays the files in the default user directory.Display areaDisplays the files and directories in the directory that you are in. To open a file, select the file, and then click Open.To open more than one file at the same time, hold Command
Ctrl while you click the files, and then click Open.Click a column header to sort the files. Click again to reverse the sort order.To delete a file, right-click the file, and then choose Delete.To rename a file, right-click the file, and then choose Rename.Click to delete the file with the name shown in this dialog.Click to cancel deletion of the file with the name shown in this dialog.Click to delete all selected files.File nameEnter a file name or a path for the file. You can also enter a URL.If you want, you can use wildcards in the File name box to filter the list of files that is displayed.For example, to list all of the text files in a directory, enter the asterisk wildcard with the text file extension (*.txt), and then click Open. Use the question mark (?) wildcard to represent any character, as in (??3*.txt), which only displays text files with a '3' as the third character in the file name.VersionIf there are multiple versions of the selected file, select the version that you want to open. You can save and organize multiple versions of a document by choosing File - Versions. The versions of a document are opened in read-only mode.File typeSelect the file type that you want to open, or select All Files (*) to display a list of all of the files in the directory.OpenOpens the selected document(s).InsertIf you opened the dialog by choosing Insert - File, the Open button is labeled Insert. Inserts the selected file into the current document at the cursor position.Read-onlyOpens the file in read-only mode.PlayPlays the selected sound file. Click again to stop playing the sound file.Opening Documents With Templates%PRODUCTNAME stores templates in the following directories:the shared template directory {installpath}/share/template{installpath}\share\templatethe user template directory in the home directory
in the Documents and Settings directoryall template folders as defined in Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME- PathsWhen you open a document that was created from a template, %PRODUCTNAME checks to see if the template has been modified since the document was last opened. If the template was changed a dialog is shown where you can select which styles to apply to the document.To apply the new styles from the template to the document, click Yes.To retain the styles that are currently used in the document, click No.If a document was created using a template that cannot be found a dialog is shown that asks you how to proceed next time the document is opened.To break the link between the document and the missing template, click No, otherwise %PRODUCTNAME will look for the template the next time you open the document.Opening DocumentsImport and Export Filters