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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="gedit-plugins-quick-open">
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-default-plugins"/>
+ <desc>Quickly open a file or set of files.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Quick open</title>
+
+ <p>As the name of this plugin would imply, the <app>Quick Open</app> plugin
+ helps you to open files more quickly than using the usual ways of opening
+ files. To enable this plugin, select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>
+ <gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Plugins</gui><gui>Quick Open</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+
+ <p>Once you have enabled the <app>Quick Open</app> plugin you can use it as
+ follows:</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item><p>Open the <app>Quick Open</app> dialog box by pressing
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>O</key></keyseq>, or by selecting
+ <gui style="menuitem">Quick Open…</gui>.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>Quick Open</gui> file dialog will appear.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Use your mouse to select the file or files that you want to
+ open.</p>
+ <p>To select several individual files, hold down your <key>Ctrl</key> key
+ while you click on the files that you want to open.</p>
+ <p>To select a group of files, click on the first file that you want to
+ open, hold down the <key>Shift</key> key, and then click on the last file
+ in the list that you want to open.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Click <gui>Open</gui>.</p></item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <p><app>Quick Open</app> will look for files in:</p>
+
+ <list>
+ <item><p>The directory of the currently opened document</p></item>
+ <item><p>The root directory of the
+ <app xref="gedit-plugins-file-browser">File Browser Panel</app>
+ plugin</p></item>
+ <item><p>Recent documents which are also shown in the <file>Recent</file>
+ folder in <app>Files</app></p></item>
+ <item><p>Directories which you have bookmarked in
+ <app>Files</app></p></item>
+ <item><p>Your <file>Desktop</file> directory</p></item>
+ <item><p>Your <file>Home</file> directory</p></item>
+ </list>
+
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p><app>Quick Open</app> displays files in any of the above locations
+ regardless of whether or not you have opened them previously.</p>
+ </note>
+
+</page>