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).