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3.4. Opening Text Documents

You can open text documents that are saved in Drive or on a local drive. The following options exist:

Information on creating encrypted documents can be found in the groupware user guide, topic data encryption.

How to open a text document in the Text app:

  • Use one of the following methods:

    • To open a frequently used document, click on a document in Recent documents.

      You can also open a document's context menu. Select Edit.

      Tip: You can use the context menu to remove documents from the list of recently opened documents.

    • In order to open another document, click on Open document in the tool bar. Select a text document in the Open document window. Click on Open.

How to open a text document in the Drive app:

  • Use one of the following methods:

    • Select a text document. Click on Edit in the tool bar.

    • Double-click on a text document.

    • Select Edit from the context menu.

    • Open the text document in the Viewer. Click on Edit.

How to open a locally saved text document:

  1. In the Text app, click on Open Document in the tool bar.

    In the Open document window, select a folder for which you have the appropriate permissions to create objects.

  2. Click on Upload local file. Select a text document.

Result: The document is uploaded to Drive. Then, the document will be opened.

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