# Opening Documents

You can open both local or remote documents in several different ways:

- Open a document in the current window.
- Open a document in a new window.
- Open a document from the Open field.

You can also use these steps to create a new local document.

To open a document in the same window:

1. Choose Open Document from the File menu.

   Note:
   You can alternately use a keyboard shortcut to open a document. For Windows, press `Control-o`. For Unix, press `Control-x Control-f`.

2. In the File Selection dialog, type the full path or URI of the file you want to open, or click Browse to open a file selection dialog.

3. When the document is correctly specified, click Confirm.

To open a document in the different window:

1. Choose Open in new window from the File menu.

   Note:
   You can alternately use a keyboard shortcut to open a document. For Windows, press `Control-Shift-o`. For Unix, press `Control-x Control-f`.

2. In the file selection dialog, type the full path or URI of the file you want to open, or click Browse to open a file selection dialog.

3. When the document is correctly specified, click Confirm.

To open a file from the Open field:

1. Click and drag in the Open field to select the file name or the URI of the current document.

2. Press the DELETE key, and then type the file name or the URI of the file you want to open and press ENTER.