Doc:2.6/Manual/Data System/Files

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File operations

The options to manage files are:

New	Clears the current scene and loads startup.blend
Open	Open a blend file
Open Recent	Displays a list of recently saved .blend files to open
Recover last session	This will load the quit.blend file Blender automatically saves just before exiting. So this option enables you to recover your last work session, e.g. if you closed Blender by accident
Recover Auto Save	This will open an automatically saved file to recover it.
Save	Save the current blend file.
Save As	Opens file browser to specify file name and location of save.
Save Copy	Saves a copy of the current file.
User Preferences	Opens the user preferences dialogue.
Save User Settings	Saves the current scene and preferences to startup.blend.
Load Factory Settings	Restore the default scene to the factory settings.
Link or Append	You don’t have to load a complete file, you can load in only selected parts from another file if you wish.
Import, (COLLADA)	Blender can use information stored in a variety of other format files which are created by other graphics programs.
Export	Normally you save your work in a .blend file, but you can export some or all of your work to a format that can be processed by other graphics programs.
External Data	Pack into .blend Pack all used external files into the .blend Unpack into Files Unpack all files packed into this .blend to external ones Make all paths Relative Make all paths to external files relative to current .blend Make all paths Absolute Make all paths to external files absolute Report Missing Files Report all missing external files Find Missing Fils Try to find missing external files