Opening Documents

Once a document has been saved, you can reopen it to read it, modify it, or print it.

To open an existing document

1.	Choose File > Open (Figure 10), press , or click the Open button on the Standard toolbar.
2.	Use the Open dialog that appears (Figure 20) to locate the file you want to open: Click a view button to display the list of files and folders in list (Figure 21) or column (Figure 20) view. Figure 20. The Open dialog in column view, with a document selected. Figure 21. The Open dialog in list view. Click an item in the Sidebar to display the contents of that item. Use the pop-up menu above the list of files (Figure 22) to backtrack through the file hierarchy or open a recently opened folder. Figure 22. Use this popup menu to backtrack through the file hierarchy or open recently opened folders. Double-click a folder to open it.
3.	Select the file you want to open and click the Open button. or Double-click the file you want to open.

Tips

• To view only specific types of files in the Open dialog, select a format from the Enable pop-up menu at the top of the dialog (Figure 23).

  Figure 23. The Enable pop-up menu includes file formats that can be read by Word.

  

  
  

• If you select All Documents from the Enable pop-up menu (Figure 23), you can open any kind of document file. Be aware, however, that a document in an incompatible format may not appear the way you expect when opened.

• You can open a recent file by selecting it from the list of recently opened files at the bottom of the File menu (Figure 10).