# 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. Press `Ctrl o ctrl o`.

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. Press `Ctrl o Ctrl w`.

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`.