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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="files-open" xml:lang="nl">
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<link type="guide" xref="files" group="more"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#files"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-09-05" status="final"/>
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<desc>Open files using an application that isn't the default one for that type of file. You can change the default too.</desc>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Cristopher Thomas</name>
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<email>crisnoh@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Open files with other applications</title>
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<p>When you double-click a file in the file manager, it will be opened with
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the default application for that file type. You can open it in a different
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application, search online for applications, or set the default application
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for all files of the same type.</p>
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<p>To open a file with an application other than the default, right-click
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the file and select the application you want from the top of the menu. If
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you don't see the application you want, click <gui>Open With Other
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Application</gui>. By default, the file manager only shows applications
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it knows can handle the file. To look through all the applications on
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your computer, click <gui>Show other applications</gui>.</p>
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<p>If you still can't find the application you want, you can search for
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more applications by clicking <gui>Find applications online</gui>. The
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file manager will search online for packages containing applications
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that are known to handle files of that type.</p>
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<section id="default">
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<title>Change the default application</title>
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<p>You can change the default application that is used to open files of a
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given type. This will allow you to open your preferred application when you
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double-click to open a file. For example, you might want your favorite music
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player to open when you double-click an MP3 file.</p>
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<item><p>Select a file of the type whose default application you want to change.
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For example, to change which application is used to open MP3 files,
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select a <file>.mp3</file> file.</p></item>
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<item><p>Right-click the file and select <gui>Properties</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the <gui>Open With</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the application you want and click <gui>Set as default</gui>.
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By default, the file manager only shows applications it knows can handle the
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file. To look through all the applications on your computer, click <gui>Show
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other applications</gui>.</p>
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<p>If <gui>Other Applications</gui> contains an application you sometimes
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want to use, but don't want to make the default, select that application and
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click <gui>Add</gui>. This will add it to <gui>Recommended Applications</gui>.
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You will then be able to use this application by right-clicking the file and
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selecting it from the list.</p></item>
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<p>This changes the default application not just for the selected file,
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but for all files with the same type.</p>
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