/text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp opening; documents documents; opening files; opening loading; documents spreadsheets;creating/opening presentations;creating/opening FTP; opening documents new documents empty documents text documents;creating/opening drawings; creating/opening HTML documents; new formulas; new mw changed "tables;..." to "spreadsheets;..."mw made one entry out of two for "spreadsheets;", "presentations;" and "text (documents);" Opening Documents Opening an existing document Do one of the following: Choose File - Open Click the Open icon on the Standard toolbar Press CommandCtrl+O The Open dialog appears. Select the file you want to open and click Open. Restrict Files to Display To restrict the display of files in the Open dialog to a certain type select the corresponding File type from the list. Select All Files (*.*) to display all files. Cursor Position In general, all documents open with the cursor at the start of the document. One exception appears when the author of a Writer text document saves and reopens a document: The cursor will be at the same position where it has been when the document was saved. This only works when the name of the author was entered in %PRODUCTNAME - PreferencesTools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - User Data. Press Shift+F5 to set the cursor to the last saved position. Opening an Empty Document Click the New icon on the Standard bar or choose File - New. This opens a document of the document type specified. If you click the arrow next to the New icon, a submenu opens in which you can select another document type. System File Dialogs or %PRODUCTNAME Dialogs On most operating systems, you can choose to use the system file dialogs or %PRODUCTNAME dialogs. Choose %PRODUCTNAME - PreferencesTools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - General to switch the type of open/save dialogs. The %PRODUCTNAME dialogs support file download and upload using secure https connections. Opening Files from a Web Server You can enter a URL in the File name box of the Open dialogs. The URL must start with file:/// or ftp:// or http://. If you use the %PRODUCTNAME dialog, you can use the https:// prefix for a secure connection, and you can save a document on the web server. When you open a file by a URL from the Windows file dialog, Windows will open a local copy of the file, located in the Internet Explorer cache. The %PRODUCTNAME file dialog opens a local copy of the file in the system's temp folder.

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