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<p class="Paragraph">The names of directories and folders are automatically expanded or entered in the URL field and dialogs for opening and saving files, provided the CursorUp (Up Arrow) or CursorDown (Down Arrow) key is pressed. If, for example, you have just opened the document "Letter1.sxw" from your document folder C:\Docs, you will see the following URL in the URL field: "file:///C|/Docs/Lettter1.sxw". If you now wish to open an additional document "Letter to company XYZ regarding the new contract.sxw" that is located in the same folder, proceed as follows:</p>
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<p class="P2">Click in the URL field to select the existing path.</p>
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<p class="P2">Press the arrow right key to remove the selection and set the cursor at the end of the entry.</p>
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<p class="P2">Delete with the Backspace key as many characters until only the beginning of the new file name remains. In this example, delete the last character from the displayed file name "Letter1.sxw" so that only "Letter" remains.</p>
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<p class="P2">Now press the CursorDown (Down Arrow) key. <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> shows the next file whose name begins with "letter".</p>
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<p class="P2">As soon as the required file is displayed, press the Enter key.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">As soon as you press Enter, the current document will be replaced by the selected document. If you want to open a new document without closing the active document, press the <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">(Command)</help:case><help:default>(Ctrl)</help:default></help:switch> key in addition to the Enter key.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">If the <span class="T1">URL</span> combo box in the function bar is highlighted, you can browse through the URL list box using your arrow up or arrow down keys. Press the Enter key or <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> + Enter to open a document from the hard disk or the Internet. Press (Page Up) or (Page Down) keys to display the first or the last document from the list.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you have opened a file from the URL field, remember to position the cursor in the document before using the arrow keys to scroll through the page. You can also use the Escape key instead of a mouse click to set the cursor back to the document. Press twice the Escape key if the URL is highlighted or only once if it is not. If you do not set the cursor in the document you will move up and down the entries contained in the URL list.</p>
