To Open a File in an Application

Perform the following steps:

1. Start the application in which you want to open the file.

2. Choose the appropriate menu item to open a file. For example, to open a file in Text Editor, choose File -> Open. A dialog that enables you to open a file is displayed.

   The following table lists the items that are typically in a dialog that you use to open a file:

   Table B–3 Open File Dialog

   Dialog Element	Description
   Bookmark list	Located on the left side of the dialog. Displays various folders, including folders that you bookmark with the Add and Remove buttons. Double-click on a folder to open the folder.
   File table	Lists the files and folders in the selected folder. Double-click on a folder to open the folder.   Click on the Name column heading to sort the files and folders by name. Click on the Modified column heading to sort the files and folders by modification date. Folders are always listed before files.
   Add	To add a folder to the list of bookmarks, select the folder in the file table, then click Add.
   Remove	To remove a folder from the list of bookmarks, select the folder in the bookmark list, then click Remove.
   Drop-down list	Select which types of file to display in the file table. For example, in the Text Editor application, you might choose to display all text files.
   Character Coding	If the file is encoded in a different character encoding, select the character encoding from the drop-down list.

3. Use the dialog to locate the file that you want to open. To open the file, select the file, then click Open. Alternatively, double-click on the file.

To open files from the file manager, see Opening Files.