Open or place files



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

Open files

 Select a file and do any of the following:

  • Choose File > Open.

  • Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).

  • Double-click the file in the Content panel.

  • Choose File > Open With, followed by the name of the application with which to open the file.

  • Drag the file onto an application icon.

  • Choose File > Open In Camera Raw to edit the camera raw settings for the file.

Change file type associations

Selecting the application to open a specific file type affects only those files that you open using Adobe Bridge and overrides operating system settings.

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Bridge CS4 > Preferences (Mac OS), and click File Type Associations.
  2. Click the name of the application (or None) and click Browse to locate the application to use.
  3. To reset the file type associations to their default settings, click Reset To Default Associations.
  4. To hide any file types that don’t have associated applications, select Hide Undefined File Associations.

Place files

  • Select the file and choose File > Place, followed by the name of the application. For instance, you can use this command to place a JPEG image into Adobe Illustrator.
  • Drag a file from Adobe 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.