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    <paragraph id="hd_id3147834" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="doc_open"><link href="text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp" name="Opening Documents">Opening Documents</link></variable></paragraph>

    <paragraph id="hd_id3147653" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Opening an existing document</paragraph>

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            <paragraph id="par_idN107A9" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <menuitem>File – Open</menuitem></paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_id210820160859353525" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose<menuitem> File – Open Remote</menuitem></paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_id210820160901392820" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Do a long click in the <emph>Open</emph> icon on the standard toolbar and select <emph>Open Remote File</emph> in the bottom of the list.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3149164" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select the file you want to open and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>

    <paragraph id="hd_id3149234" role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">Restrict Files to Display</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150985" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To restrict the display of files in the <emph>Open</emph> dialog to a certain type select the corresponding <emph>File type</emph> from the list. Select <emph>All Files</emph> to display all files.</paragraph>

    <paragraph id="hd_id4651326" role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">Cursor Position</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id5509201" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">In general, all documents open with the cursor at the start of the document.</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id6594744" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">One exception appears when the author of a Writer text document saves and reopens a document: The cursor will be at the same position where it has been when the document was saved. This only works when the name of the author was entered in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - %PRODUCTNAME - User Data</menuitem>.</paragraph>

    <paragraph id="par_id3422650" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Press <keycode>Shift+F5</keycode> to set the cursor to the last saved position.</paragraph>

    <paragraph id="hd_id3148453" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Opening an Empty Document</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147287" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Click the <emph>New</emph> icon on the Standard bar or choose <emph>File - New</emph>. This opens a document of the document type specified.</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id3153092" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If you click the arrow next to the <emph>New</emph> icon, a submenu opens in which you can select another document type.</paragraph>

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