# Opening Documents

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Opening Documents
Opening an existing document
- Do one of the following:
  Choose File - Open
  Click the Open icon on the Standard toolbar
  Press Command Ctrl+O
  The Open dialog appears.
- Select the file you want to open and click Open.
Restrict Files to Display
To restrict the display of files in the Open dialog to a certain type select the corresponding File type from the list. Select All Files (*.*) to display all files.
Cursor Position
In general, all documents open with the cursor at the start of the document.
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 %PRODUCTNAME - Preferences Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - User Data.
- Press Shift+F5 to set the cursor to the last saved position.
Opening an Empty Document
Click the New icon on the Standard bar or choose File - New. This opens a document of the document type specified.
If you click the arrow next to the New icon, a submenu opens in which you can select another document type.
System File Dialogs or %PRODUCTNAME Dialogs
On most operating systems, you can choose to use the system file dialogs or %PRODUCTNAME dialogs.
- Choose %PRODUCTNAME - Preferences Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - General to switch the type of open/save dialogs.
The %PRODUCTNAME dialogs support file download and upload using secure https connections.
Opening Files from a Web Server
You can enter a URL in the File name box of the Open dialogs. The URL must start with file:/// or ftp:// or http://.
If you use the %PRODUCTNAME dialog, you can use the https:// prefix for a secure connection, and you can save a document on the web server.
When you open a file by a URL from the Windows file dialog, Windows will open a local copy of the file, located in the Internet Explorer cache. The %PRODUCTNAME file dialog opens a local copy of the file in the system's temp folder.
File - Open