Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar. The Open dialog box appears.
Click the My Documents icon on the Places bar, or use the Look in drop-down list to move through the folders to find the file you want.
Double-click the file you want to open.
Word opens the document.
INTRODUCTION
Each time you want to work with a document, you need to open it first by using the Open dialog box. The Open dialog box includes a Places bar with icons that immediately take you to recently saved history files, personal files, files on your desktop, files in your Favorites folder, and Web folders.
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Dialog Box Views
You can change the information listed about a document in the Open dialog box by clicking the Views button on the dialog box's toolbar and selecting Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, List, Details, Properties, Preview, or WebViews.
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Alternative Look-in Locations
To move up a folder level, click the Up One Level button on the Open dialog box's toolbar. If necessary, click the Look in drop-down arrow and select the desired folder from the list.
