Opening an Existing Notebook

So, here's the situation. Yesterday, you opened Quattro Pro and created a notebook. You saved it and closed Quattro Pro. Today, you want to reopen the notebook so that you can work on it again.

Follow these steps to open an existing notebook:

1.	Open the File menu and click Open. Quattro Pro displays the Open File dialog box shown in Figure 7.7. Figure 7.7. Use this dialog box to open an existing notebook.
2.	Double-click the folder containing your Quattro Pro files.
3.	Click the notebook file you want to open.
4.	Click Open. Quattro Pro displays the notebook onscreen (see Figure 7.8). Figure 7.8. Quattro Pro displays the file you selected onscreen.

Tip

You can bypass step 1 if you click the Open button on the Notebook toolbar.

Opening an Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 File

Suppose that a colleague using one of those other spreadsheet programs sends you a file to review and update. Not to worry, you don't need to do any messy conversions. You can easily open these files in Quattro Pro by following these steps:

1.	Click the Open button on the Notebook toolbar to display the Open File dialog box.
2.	Open the File Type list and select the type of file you're trying to open; in Figure 7.9, I selected Microsoft Excel. Figure 7.9. Select the type of file you want to open.
3.	Use the Look In list to navigate to the folder containing the file you want to open.
4.	Click the file.
5.	Click Open. Quattro Pro opens the file onscreen (see Figure 7.10). Figure 7.10. An Excel file opened in Quattro Pro.

Saving an Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 File

You can save any notebook you open in Quattro Pro as either an Excel file or as a Lotus 1-2-3 file. The file you save does not need to be a file that was originally created in Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 and then opened in Quattro Pro; you can create a new notebook from scratch in Quattro Pro and save it as an Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 file by following these steps:

1.	Display the file you want to save as an Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 file onscreen.
2.	Open the File menu and click Save As. Quattro Pro displays the Save File window shown in Figure 7.11. Figure 7.11. Using this window, you can save a notebook in a variety of formats.
3.	Open the File Type list box and select the type of file you want to save. Quattro Pro automatically changes the extension of the filename to match the file type you selected. Tip Quattro Pro also updates the files available in the window above the filename to display only files of the type you selected.
4.	Optionally, change the filename.
5.	Click Save. Quattro Pro saves the file in the format you selected; the filename, including the extension of the file type you selected, appears at the top of the Quattro Pro window.

Tip

When sharing with others that do not have Quattro Pro, you may find it easier to work on files in Quattro Pro format and then save a copy in another spreadsheet format.