Opening a Drawing
To open a drawing:
- Click File > Open (or type Open).
- In Files of type, select a file type.
- In Look in, navigate to your drawing.
- Select a drawing.
The Preview area presents a thumbnail of the selected drawing, although not all file formats provide previews. - Click Open to load the drawing or click
and click Open Read-Only to open the file without modifying it. - If you try to save a read-only file, you need to save the file under another name.
- Click File > Open (or type Open).
- In Files of type, select a file type.
- In Look in, navigate to your drawing.
- Select a drawing.
The Preview area presents a thumbnail of the selected drawing, although not all file formats provide previews. - Click Open to load the drawing or click and click Open Read-Only to open the file without modifying it.
- If you try to save a read-only file, you need to save the file under another name.
- Click File > Open (or type Open).
- Select a drawing.
- Click Open to load the drawing or select Open Read-Only from the Open mode list to open the file without modifying it.
- If you try to save a read-only file, you need to save the file under another name.
Access
Command: Open
Menu: File > Open
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + O
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + O
Keyboard Shortcut: Command + O