Opening Documents
To display the Open pane, perform one of the following actions within Word:
- On the File tab, click Open:
- Click the Open
button on the
Quick Access Toolbar (if this button was visible). How to add this button in
the Quick Access Toolbar, see Adding commands to the
Quick Access Toolbar. - Click a document's link in the Getting Started task pane.
- Press Ctrl+O.
On the Open pane:
- On the left side, select the location of the document you want to open (click Browse to open the Open dialog box).
- On the right side, choose the file.
To display the Open dialog box, click one of the following shortcuts:
- Ctrl+F12.
- Alt+Ctrl+F2.
Note: more details are available in the Open the saved document section in the Create, open and save a document lesson of the Create basic documents free course.
See also this tip in French: Comment ouvrir des documents.
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