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                           You
can open files from Bridge, even files that were not made with Adobe software.
When you use Bridge to open a file, the file opens in its native
application or the application you specify. You can also use Bridge
to place files in an open document in an Adobe application.</p>

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                                 <img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Select a file and do any of the
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                                    <p>Choose File&#160;&gt; Open.</p>

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                                    <p>Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac&#160;OS).</p>

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                                    <p>Double-click the file in the Content panel or Preview
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the name of the application with which to open the file.</p>

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edit the camera raw settings for the file.</p>

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As, followed by the file type (Asset, Menu, Timeline, or Slideshow)
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                              Selecting the application to
open a specific file type affects only those files that you open
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                        <ol><li><span>Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Preferences (Windows)
or Bridge&#160;&gt; Preferences (Mac&#160;OS), and click
File Type Associations.</span></li>
<li><span>Click the name of the application (or None) and click
Browse to locate the application to use.</span></li>
<li><span>To reset the file type associations to their default
settings, click Reset To Default Associations.</span></li>
<li><span>To hide any file types that don’t have associated applications,
select Hide Undefined File Associations.</span></li>
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                        <ul><li><span>Select the file and choose
File&#160;&gt; Place, followed by the name of the application. For
instance, you can use this command to place a JPEG image into Adobe
Illustrator.</span></li>
<li><span>Drag a file from Bridge into the desired application.
Depending on the file, the document into which you want to place
the file may need to be opened first.</span></li>
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