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Learning the Basics
Saving your work
Use this dialog box to specify where to store the
document and to give it a file name.
Sample Save As dialog box
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Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to
be stored.
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Type a file name, then click Save.
The Windows
of up to 255 characters; the names can include spaces.
Some applications still require file names limited to eight
characters.
File names
If you plan to share your files with a computer using a pre-
Windows
file name must be no more than eight characters long.
Typically the file name also has an extension, consisting of a
period and up to three additional characters.
HINT: To make another copy of the file you are currently
working with, choose Save As from the File menu and give the
new file a different name.
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XP operating system supports file names
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95 version of the Windows
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operating system, the