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# Open, Insert text

Opens a local or remote file, or inserts text from a file. Opening multiple files is possible.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose File - Open.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose File - Open.

#### From the start center:

Open File.

#### From toolbars:

Open File

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl+O

File dialogs - such as Open, Save As, Insert text and the like - are available in two different ways:

- As native file picker dialogs of the window manager of your operating system.

- As built-in LibreOfficeDev file picker dialogs.

Use LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev - General to shift from one to the other.

If the file that you want to open contains styles, special rules apply.

## Folder selection

Pick up your preferred folder from the pull-down list or type its path name. Autocomplete function can be used to ease typing.

Connect to a server using the File Services dialog.
Select a parent folder from the folder path with the icon Parent Folder.

Icon Parent Folder

Add a subfolder to the current folder with Create New Folder icon.

Create new folder

## Places and Files

Add current folder to your favorite places using icon +. Remove a selected place from the list with the icon -.

Displays the files and folders in the folder that you are in. Click column headers to sort files names, types, sizes or dates in ascending or descending order.

To open more than one document at the same time, each in an own window, hold Command Ctrl while you click the files, and then click Open.

Modern system file dialogs present many features for file handling. Most allows you to rename, delete, create files, sort list of files, display files and folders in icons, tree or list views, traverse the file system folder tree and much more. Use the mouse right button to get a list of commands on the selected files in the display area.

## File name

Enter a file name or a path for the file.

The following features are available in the dialog:

1. LibreOfficeDev has an AutoComplete function which activates itself in some text and list boxes. For example, enter c:\a~/a into the URL field and the AutoComplete function displays the first file or first directory found on the C: drive in your home folder that starts with the letter "a".

2. Use the Down Arrow key to scroll through the other files and directories. Use the Enter key to also display an existing subdirectory in the URL field. Quick AutoComplete is available if you press the Down arrow key after entering part of the URL. Once you find the document or directory you want, press Enter.

## File type

Select the file type that you want to open, or select All Files (*) to display a list of all of the files in the folder.

## Version

If there are multiple versions of the selected file, select the version that you want to open. You can save and organize multiple versions of a document by choosing File - Versions. The versions of a document are opened in read-only mode.

## Read-only

Opens the file in read-only mode.

## Open

Opens the selected document(s).

## Insert

If you opened the dialog by choosing Insert - Text from File, the Open button is labeled Insert. Inserts the selected file into the current document at the cursor position.

## Play

Plays the selected sound file. Click again to stop playing the sound file.

### Opening Documents With Templates

When you open a document created from a template, LibreOfficeDev checks to see if the template has been modified since the document was last opened. If the template was changed, a dialog is shown where you can select which styles to apply to the document.

- To apply the new styles from the template to the document, click Update Styles.

- To retain the styles that are currently used in the document, click Keep Old Styles.

LibreOfficeDev recognizes templates located in any directory defined for Templates in LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev - Paths.

If a document was created using a template that cannot be found, a dialog is shown that asks you how to proceed next time the document is opened.

To break the link between the document and the missing template, click No, otherwise LibreOfficeDev will look for the template the next time you open the document.

When you use File - Save As and select a template filter to save a template in a directory that is not specified in the Templates path, then the documents based on that template will not be checked.

Related Topics

Opening Documents

Import and Export Filters

Opening and saving files on remote servers

XML File Formats

Using Microsoft Office and LibreOfficeDev

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