Opening Existing BarTender Documents

The Open command in the File menu allows you to open an existing BarTender document and load the template(s) for editing or printing.

You can open and view more than one BarTender document at a time by repeating the process defined below. All open documents appear as tabs located below the toolbars. The templates contained in the active document appear in the design area. To view the contents of a different document, select the respective tab.

In addition to viewing documents one at a time, you can display multiple documents in the window simultaneously using the options available in the Window menu.

You can open a document that is stored on your computer or one that is saved in Librarian. Librarian is a revision control system that allows multiple users to access a BarTender document, but only one user is able to modify each file at a time. To view or edit a file from Librarian's repository, click on the Librarian shortcut on the left hand side of the Open Document dialog.

To open a BarTender document, press Ctrl+O on your keyboard.

To open an existing BarTender document

Select Open from the File menu to open the Open Document dialog. Alternatively, select the icon on the main toolbar.
In the Location field, select the drive and/or directory that contains the desired document.
In the list box directly below the Location field, double-click on the name of the folder that contains the document. Continue double-clicking until you open the subfolder that contains the desired file.
Select the desired document. BarTender will display a preview image of the document, as well as any comments that were saved with the selected document.
Click Open to load the selected document.

To open a BarTender document that has been used recently, simply click its name in the list of recently used files at the bottom of the File menu.

To open a BarTender document saved in Librarian

Select Open from the File menu to open the Open Document dialog. Alternatively, select the icon on the main toolbar.
Click on the Librarian shortcut button on the left side of the dialog to display documents in Librarian's repository.
Browse to the folder that contains the desired file.
Select the desired document. BarTender will display a preview image of the document, as well as any comments that were saved with the selected document.
Click Open to load the selected document.

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