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You can also open an existing document in one of the following ways. If a document is

already open in OOo, the second document opens in a new window.

• Choose File > Open....

• Click the Open button on the main toolbar.

• Press Control+O on the keyboard.

• Use the Open Document or Recent Documents selections on the

Quickstarter.

In each case, the Open dialog box appears. Select the file you want, and then click

Open. If a document is already open in OOo, the second document opens in a new

window.

In the Open dialog box, you can reduce the list of files by selecting the type of file you

are looking for. For example, if you choose Text documents as the file type, you will

only see documents Writer can open (including *.odt, *.doc, *.txt). This method opens

Word (*.doc) files as well as OOo files and other formats.

You can also open an existing Writer document using the same methods you would

use to open any document in your operating system.

If you have associated Microsoft Office file formats with OpenOffice.org, you can also

open these files by double-clicking on them. Recent Documents

Saving a document

To save a new document in Writer, do one of the following:

• Press Control+S.

• Choose File > Save.

• Click the Save button on the main toolbar.

When the Save As dialog box appears, enter the file name, verify the file type (if

applicable), and click Save.

To save an open document with the current file name, choose File > Save. This will

overwrite the last saved state of the file.

Saving a document automatically

You can choose to have Writer save your document automatically at regular intervals.

Automatic saving, like manual saving, overwrites the last saved state of the file. To

set up automatic file saving:

1) Select Tools > Options > Load/Save > General.

2) Click on Save AutoRecovery information every and set the time interval.

The default value is 15 minutes. Enter the value you want by typing it or by

pressing the up or down arrow keys.

Saving as a Microsoft Word document

If you need to exchange files with users of Microsoft Word, they may not know how to

open and save .odt files. Microsoft Word 2007 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) can do this.

Users of Word 2007, 2003, XP, and 2000 can also download and install a free

OpenDocument Format (ODF) plugin from Sun Microsystems, available from

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