Creating New Files; Naming And Saving Files - Alphasmart NEO 1 User Manual

W N E O U
R I T I N G O N
Managing Files in AlphaWord Plus
Creating New Fi les
Naming and Savi ng Files
Teach students to
save their files when
they begin an
assignment to ensure that
they can retrieve the files even
if they clear a file space. It's
also helpful to teach students
to put an automatic heading
on every document they
create.
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S I N G L P H A O R D
To start a new file in AlphaWord Plus, press the file keys until you find an
empty file and begin typing. NEO saves each character as you type it, so if you
press that file key again later, the text will still be there (unless you've
removed it).
You can, however, name your file so that it is saved even if you start a new file
in that space. You can then open the file again later. See "Naming and Saving
Files" below for more information.
If you want to create a new file in a file number that already has text, follow
these steps:
1. Press the file key for the file number you want to work in.
2. Press ctrl-N.
3. AlphaWord Plus will ask whether you want to keep the existing text in the
workspace:
• Press Y if you want to save text, then type a name for the text.
AlphaWord Plus saves the text as a file with the name you specified,
then clears the numbered file so you can begin your new file.
• Press N if you don't want to save the existing text. AlphaWord Plus
removes the text so you can begin your new file.
At any point when you're working on a file, you can stop and name it. This will
make the file available to open even if you no longer have it in one of the eight
active files associated with the file keys.
The file will still be in the location where you're working, but it will also be
available to open again later if you don't have it in one of the eight active files.
(See the next section.)
Follow these steps to name a file and save it outside the eight active files:
1. From within the file you want to name, press ctrl-S.
2. Type a name for the file and press enter. You don't need to worry about
saving the file again—it will save any additional changes to your text until
you close the file by clearing it or creating a new one.
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