Hi Brian,
The dialog in File=>Open will give you an Explorer
like interface and you can rename a file before opening
it. In the Task Pane you can click on 'More...'
choice in the "Open" section of the Getting Started
Task Pane will get you there as well.
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Sometimes when I see the Open File pane open with the file name listings
I realize I wish to rename a file, or delete it or move it to another
folder and it would be easy to do it right then and there rather than
fire up Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder.
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Let us know if this helped you,
Bob Buckland ?

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