To open a file

1. On the File menu, click Open (keyboard shortcut CTRL+O). The Open dialog box opens.

2. Click the drive that contains the document you want to open.

3. Double-click the appropriate folder.

4. Click a filename to see a preview of the drawing.

5. Click Open. The drawing appears in the drawing area.

The Open dialog box does not show a file preview for DRW files. You also can type the folder name separated with backslashes. For example, type C:\Designer\Drawings and press ENTER. To quickly scroll to a specific filename, you can click anywhere in the list of file names and then type the first character of the filename. The list jumps to the first file beginning with that character. Each time you click the Open command on the File menu, the Open dialog box recalls the most recently used drive and folder.