108. Open an Existing Drawing  BEFORE YOU BEGIN 107 Create a New Drawing
 SEE ALSO 109 About Drawing with Draw
Opening an existing drawing to edit within Draw is simple. You tell Draw that you want to open a drawing file and then locate the file. Draw then loads the drawing into memory, where you can edit the drawing on the drawing area. One important Draw feature is its capability to open drawings that you create in other graphics programs. In addition to opening Draw files, Draw opens the files in many popular graphic formats such as BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, WMF, and EPS, as well as exports Draw drawings to those file formats. | 1. | Choose File, Open Select Open from Draw's File menu or click the Open button to display the Open dialog box. 108. Open an Existing Drawing  | | 2. | Navigate to the Drawing's Location The drawing that you want to open might not appear at the default location shown in the Open dialog box, so navigate to the folder in which the drawing you're looking for resides using the Look in drop-down list.  TIPS You can open drawings from your computer's disk or from elsewhere in the file system. If you want to open a drawing located on the Web, preface the filename with the http:// web address or the ftp:// File Transfer Protocol address to open drawing files from those sources. Feel free to open more than one drawing by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking multiple filenames. Draw opens each drawing that you select in its own window. Use the Window menu to select a currently opened drawing that you want to edit. | | 3. | Locate the Drawing You Want
When you locate the folder that holds the presentation file, select the file you want to open. Then click the Open button to open the selected Draw file.
Draw opens the drawing and places it for you to view, edit, and print on Draw's drawing area. If the entire drawing is large, you may need to select the View, Zoom menu option and increase the zoom factor to see a close-up of your drawing's details before editing them.
| | 4. | Edit the Drawing
After the file opens on the Draw workspace, you can edit the drawing (see 109 About Drawing with Draw ).
| | 5. | Save the Drawing
When you've made all the changes you want to make, choose File, Save or click the Save button to save your drawing. Your recent changes will be saved in the drawing file for your next editing or printing session.
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