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Open an Existing Document in the GIMP App

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to open an existing document in GIMP in Windows 7.

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To begin, you should have GIMP open
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We have shown you how to do that in our other tutorials.

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If you have "Toolbox" that is blocking the background, click and drag away "Toolbox" by the window border
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Next, click "File" in the top left-hand corner
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Then, click "Open" or press "Ctrl+O" on the keyboard
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A large dialogue box will appear where you can manually search, see recently opened documents, and browse images and documents on the desktop.

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After that, find and select the image you want to use
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Then, click "Open" or press "Enter" on the keyboard to open the document
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Standard image files are easy to open, whereas Photoshop and Illustrator files may cause some difficulties when opening. Then, proceed as normal.

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