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7 <link type="guide" xref="index#usage"/>
8 <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-05-04" status="incomplete"/>
10 Handling files and quit the application.
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Jim Evins</name>
14 <email>evins@snaught.com</email>
16 <credit type="author">
17 <name>Mario Blättermann</name>
18 <email>mariobl@gnome.org</email>
21 <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
25 <title>Basic usage</title>
28 <title>To open a file</title>
30 <p>To open a file, choose
31 <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Open</gui>
32 </guiseq> to display the <gui>Open File</gui> dialog.
33 Select the file that you want to open, then click
34 <gui>OK</gui>. The file is displayed in the display area
35 of the <app>gLabels</app> window. </p>
37 <p>You can also open multiple files in
38 <app>gLabels</app>. The application creates a separate
39 application window for each open file.</p>
41 <p>The application records the paths and filenames of the
42 most recent files that you have edited and displays the files as menu
43 items on the <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Recent Files</gui>
47 <section id="closefile">
48 <title>To close a file</title>
50 <p>To close the current document, choose
51 <guiseq><gui>File</gui>
52 <gui>Close</gui></guiseq> to close the application
53 window. If the current document is modified, a confirmation dialog
54 will be presented, allowing you to save the document or cancel
55 the command. If the window being closed is the only open window,
56 <app>gLabels</app> will exit.</p>
60 <title>To save a file</title>
62 <p>You can save files in the following ways:</p>
66 <p>To save changes to an existing file, choose
67 <guiseq><gui>File</gui>
68 <gui>Save</gui></guiseq>. </p>
73 <p>To save a new file or to save an existing file under a new
74 filename, choose <guiseq><gui>File</gui>
75 <gui>Save As</gui></guiseq>. Enter a name
76 for the file in the <gui>Save As</gui> dialog box,
77 then click <gui>OK</gui>.</p>
84 <title>To quit <app>gLabels</app></title>
86 <p>To quit <app>gLabels</app>, choose <guiseq><gui>File</gui>
87 <gui>Quit</gui></guiseq>. This is equivalent to closing all open windows.
88 See <link xref="basicusage#closefile"/>.</p>