Chapter 4: Windows Basics

Opening a document

To view, revise, or print an existing document, first you need to open it. Open the document in the program that it was created in.

To open a document in Microsoft Word:

1 Click Start, All Programs, then click Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word starts and a blank document opens.

2 Click File, then click Open.

3 Click the arrow button to open the Look in list, then click the drive or folder that contains the file you want to open. If you do not see the folder you want, browse through the folders listed below the Look in list.

Look in list

4 Double-click the document file name. The document opens.

Help and

Support

For more information about opening documents in Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.

Type the keyword opening files in the HelpSpot Search

box, then click the arrow.

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Gateway 1450 specifications Opening a document, To open a document in Microsoft Word