The work you do with an application is stored in files. These may be on your computer's hard drive, or on a removable device such as a USB flash drive. You open a file to examine it or work on it, and you save a file to store your work. When you are done working with a file, you close it.
Todos os aplicativos GNOME usam os mesmos diálogos para abrir e salvar arquivos, apresentando-se a você com uma interface consistente. As seções a seguir cobrem os diálogos de abrir e salvar em detalhe.