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Saving a to a different location and changing the file name

1. Click File>Save As...
2. To change your location Click on the little black downward-pointing arrow to the right of the white box that, by default, usually has "My Documents" in it. It's called the Save in: drop-down box:
   

You can select any storage media you have available on your computer: Other hard drives CD (if you have a CD burner) DVD (if you have a DVD burner) Jump or thumb drive floppy disk ZIP disk Whatever new technology that didn't exist when I wrote this, but that you now can't do without! Another way to choose other locations that is quicker is to click one that is located in the left pane of the Save As box, as shown on the left here.   NOTE for Bijou students:  If there is a folder with your name on it, double-click on it, and then double click on the Portfolio folder to save your file there.  That is your "U" drive you hear so much about.  It allows you to access your saved files from any computer in the school!   Click Save to save the file.   Make sure you follow the instructions given in class showing precisely where to save.

Saving your document as another file type

Note: The three-letter extension is a very handy part of a file name.  It tells the computer the type of document you are working with.  E.g., ".doc" is the extension for a Word document, ".xls" refers to an Excel worksheet, ".htm" or ".html" (and others) refer to a Web page (note that they can be four or more letters, too), ".dot" refers to a template. WORD automatically adds .doc as a default extension to any new file you are creating.  It will also automatically add the other extensions from its "save as type" list.  Since odd things can happen occasionally to cause it to be different it's a good idea for you to always double-check it BEFORE you save.

Note
Any time you want to "back out" of a dialog box and continue working in Word, click Cancel.

Saving to other word-processing formats
As noted above, if you want to share a document with someone who has different word-processing software, or transfer the document to another computer that has different software, you may be able to save your document in the file format used by another program. [You can, for example, Save As certain WordPerfect types, Macintosh types, and as HTML]

Saving to other word-processing programs

1. With the document from the previous lesson still open, on the File menu, click Save As.
2. Click the Save as type down arrow to see format types.
3. Click MS-DOS Text to select a generic word-processing format.
4. Click Save when you are ready.

Save as a Web Page

1. On the Menu bar - Click File> Save As Web Page.
2. Other steps are similar to any save, except:
3. Click Change Title... to change the title of the web page if you want.

Quitting Word

There are several ways to quit Word.
All Office applications prompt you to save changes if you try to quit a program without saving your open documents.

Quitting Word using the Exit command
 

1. With the document from the previous lesson open, on the File menu, click Exit.
2. Click Yes if you want to save your document and quit Word.

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Click No if you do not want to save the document for future use, but you do want to quit Word.
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Click Cancel if you do not want to close this document.

Quitting Word with keystrokes

If you have already quit in the preceding exercise, open the Professional Memo document at the beginning of this section to create a new document. There are three keystrokes you can use to quit Word.

1. Press Alt+F+X

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   Or press Alt+F4
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   Or double-click the Microsoft Word button in the top-left corner of the screen.

2. Click Yes to confirm quitting the program.

Note You can quit Word quickly when you double-click the Microsoft Word  button in the upper left of your screen: or

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