Opening for the First Time
To open a document that is not yet present in the current project, you can use either an advanced Open dialog, a simple open file dialog, or just drag the document into the UGENE window.
UGENE automatically detects the format of the document, but if you use the advanced dialog, you can choose the format manually.
To open the advanced dialog, select one of the following:
- Add ‣ Existing Document item in the Project View context menu
- File ‣ Open As item in the main menu
To simply open the document, select one of the following:
- Open item in the main toolbar
- File ‣ Open item in the main menu
Alternatively, you can drag the file into the UGENE window. It is also possible to drag and drop documents (not objects) between opened UGENEs.
Documents not created by UGENE are locked. To be able to edit the document, you should save a copy of the document and continue working with the copy.