5.4. Open Location
| 5. The “File” Menu of the Image Window |

### 5.4. Open Location

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Revision $Revision: 1764 $ | 2006-07-27 | scb

The Open Location dialog lets you load an image from a network location, specified by a URI, in any of the formats that GIMP supports, or from a path to your hard disk or any drive. The default directory name is /home/<username>/ on Linux and C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Images\ on Windows, which is used as the base of the relative address. You can also enter an absolute path.

| Tip
When you are visiting an Internet site, you can right-click on an image and choose “Copy link address” in the drop-down menu. Then paste it in the “Open Location” dialog to open it in GIMP.

#### 5.4.1. Activating the Command

- You can access this command from the Toolbox menubar or the image menubar through File → Open Location.

#### 5.4.2. Description of the dialog window

Figure 15.28. The “Open Location” dialog window

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