Save and Save As... in Microsoft Word

Save and Save As... in Microsoft Word

Alright, you know how to format documents. You know how to build basic structures to oraganize documents but do you know how to save documents. You have a file. You need to save it. What do you do? What do you do?

Reasons to Save or Save As:

• Use "Save" when you want to store a file you are working with the same filename, same location.
• Use "Save As" when you want to change the filename or location.
  -You make a beautiful file but you don't know which version is better. Save them both with different names.
• When saving a file for the first time, they will both behave the same like "Save As..".

Your document is formatted and spell checked. It's time to save it for later.

Use Save to store changes to a file:
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1. Left click on File on the menu bar.
2. Click on Save.
3. That should be all. Nothing will likely come up and tell you it was saved.
4. Another possibility is that the "Save" is "greyed out". This likely means you haven't made changes to the file.
5. The final option is that the "Save As..." window will pop-up.

Using "Save As..." to change the filename or location:
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1. Click on File on the menu bar.
2. Click on "Save As..."
3. Enter the new filename.
4. Select the file location.
5. Click "Save"

Now you know how to save the magnificent Word documents you have created.

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