.. _project/open_project

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Open Project
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Opening a `project`_ saved somewhere from the computer Hard Disk or local server can be done from 
`menu bar`_, `toolbar`_ and using the corresponding keyboard shortcut.

A `project`_ is conformed by a simgle file with ``.qet`` format. The ``.qet`` extension 
is the native extension from QElectroTech. Even so, QElectroTech allows also working with 
Extensible Markup Language files, files with extension ``.xml``. 

Open project from menu bar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    1. Select **File > Open** menu item to open the search file PopUP window.

        .. figure:: ../images/qet_menu_file.png
            :align: center

            Figure: QElectroTech file menu
            
    2. Search the `project`_ in the computer
    3. Press **Open** button to close the search file PopUP window and open the `project`_. 

Open project from toolbar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    1. Select the icon |project| from `toolbar`_ to open the search file PopUP window.
    2. Search the `project`_ at the computer
    3. Press **Open** button to close the search file PopUP window and open the `project`_. 

.. |project| image:: ../images/ico/22x22/project.png

.. note::

   If the `toolbar`_ is not displayed, it can be displayed from **Settings > Display > Tools**

Open project using keyboard shortcut
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

QElectroTech allows using keyboard shortcut to increase the working efficiency.

    1. Press ``Ctrl + o`` to open the search file PopUP window.
    2. Search the `project`_ at the computer
    3. Press **Open** button to close the search file PopUP window and open the `project`_.

.. seealso::

    For more information about QElectroTech keyboard shortcuts, refer to `menu bar`_ section.

Files history
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When QElectroTech has already been used, exists the posibility to open a `project`_ created, 
opened and/or saved previously. **File History** has been integrated.

    1. Select **File > Latest files** menu item to display the file history from QElectroTech.
    2. Click on the `project`_ file that should be opened.

.. figure:: ../images/qet_lates_files.png
   :align: center

   Figure: QElectroTech File History

.. _project: ../project/index.html
.. _menu bar: ../interface/menu_bar.html
.. _toolbar: ../interface/toolbars.html