| 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).
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