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Opening an Existing StarWriter Document

Figure 7.6
The Open File icon on the Main toolbar is a folder.

After all this information about starting a new StarOffice document, you still might need to open an existing document.

As in most graphical programs, you can open the Open dialog box with the folder icon on the Main toolbar (see Figure 7.6).

If you prefer, you can choose Open from the File menu. In either case, the Open dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 7.7.

Figure 7.7
You select which existing file to open from the Open dialog box.

The default location displayed by the Open dialog box is the Work Folder. You can change which subdirectory is in the Path tab of the General Options (described in Hour 4, "Configuring StarOffice").

You can also click and hold on the icon to the far right at the top of the dialog box to see a drop-down list from which you can choose the directory that you want to view. Options include the Explorer window, the Workspace, and the root directory of your Linux filesystem ( /).

If you need to move to another location in your Linux filesystem, click the Parent Directory icon to move up one level in the directory structure.

Notice that even in Linux, StarOffice tries to match the icon for each file to the file type. For example, if you have a Microsoft Word file, it appears with the standard Word document icon.

To select a subdirectory and view its contents, double-click on it.

When you know which file you want to open, select it and choose the Open button. If the file isn't in StarOffice format, you might be prompted to help StarOffice determine the file format so it can be opened for editing in StarOffice. Hour 5, "Importing and Exporting StarOffice Documents" describes the details of working with other file formats in StarOffice.

Tip - You can also open a document directly from the Work Folder in the Explorer. Just double-click on the Work Folder, and then double-click on the file that you want to open.


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