Retrieving Your Documents

You can retrieve and open any saved document by clicking the Open button on the Standard toolbar, using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+O, or choosing File, Open. Each of these steps opens the Open dialog box, shown in Figure 3.16.

Figure 3.16. You can retrieve any file from the Open dialog box.

After the dialog box is open, browse the drives and folders as you've already learned how to do. Select the file you want to open and click Open.

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In particular, keep in mind that you can click the My Recent Documents icon to view a list of all the files you've worked on, in chronological order, starting with the most recent. The ...

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