/text/shared/01/01020000.xhp directories; creating new folder creation My Documents folder; opening default directories multiple documents; opening opening; several files selecting; several files opening; files, with placeholders placeholders;on opening files documents; opening with templates templates; opening documents with documents; styles changed styles; 'changed' message mw replaced "wildcards" by "regular expressions"mw deleted "regular expressions;" and "files;" Open Opens or imports a file.

The following sections describe the %PRODUCTNAMEOpen dialog box. To activate the %PRODUCTNAMEOpen and Save dialog boxes, choose %PRODUCTNAME - PreferencesTools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME- General, and then select the Use %PRODUCTNAME dialogs in the Open/Save dialogs area. If the file that you want to open contains Styles, special rules apply. Up One Level Move up one directory in the directory hierarchy. Long-click to see the higher level directories.UFI: it is still a long-click Create New Directory Creates a new directory. Default Directory Displays the files in the default user directory. Display area Displays 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 document at the same time, each in an own window, 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 name Enter a file name or a path for the file. You can also enter a URL that starts with the protocol name ftp, http, or https. 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. Version If 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 type Select the file type that you want to open, or select All Files (*) to display a list of all of the files in the directory. Open Opens the selected document(s). Insert If 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-only Opens the file in read-only mode. Play Plays the selected sound file. Click again to stop playing the sound file.

Opening Documents With Templates %PRODUCTNAME recognizes templates that are located in any directory from the following list: the shared template directoryremoved path the user template directory in the home directory in the Documents and Settings directory all template folders as defined in %PRODUCTNAME - PreferencesTools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - Paths When you use File - Template - Save to save a template, the template will be stored in your user template directory. When you open a document that is based on such a template, the document will be checked for a changed template as decribed below. The template is associated with the document, it may be called a "sticky template". When you use File - Save As and select a template filter to save a template at any other directory that is not in the list, then the documents based on that template will not be checked. When you open a document that was created from a "sticky template" (as defined above), %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 Documents Import and Export Filters