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      id="gedit-open-files">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="gedit-files-basic" group="second"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-open-on-server"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-close-file"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-open-recent"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-quickstart"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-03-25" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
  </info>

  <title>Open a file or set of files</title>

  <p>To open a file in <app>gedit</app>, click the <gui>Open</gui> button, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>.</p>
  <p>This will cause the <gui>Open Files</gui> dialog to appear. Use your mouse or keyboard to select the file that you wish to open, and then click <gui>Open</gui>. The file that you've selected will open in a new tab.</p>
  <p>To close the <gui>Open Files</gui> dialog without opening a file, click <gui>Cancel</gui>.</p>

  <note style="tip"><p>You can use the <key>Ctrl</key> and <key>Shift</key> keys to open more than one file at a time.  If you hold down the <key>Ctrl</key> key while you select multiple files, clicking <gui>Open</gui> will open each of the files that you have selected.</p>

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  <p>Holding down the <key>Shift</key> while you select multiple files will open the first file that you select, the last file that you select, and all of the files in between.</p></note>

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