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Chapter 4: Windows Basics
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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.
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.
Look in
list
