FILE SAVING: The Foundation of
Computer Use

Learn and teach students to save a file IMMEDIATELY after you start working on
it. Then save every 10 minutes or so as a matter of habit to protect against
crashes.

When saving a file, you must make TWO DECISIONS:

1) LOCATION:Where are you going to save the file? Click on the pop-up menu at
the top of the file saving window to choose the hard drive (volume) and folder where
you’ll save your file.

2) FILE NAME: What are you going to name the file so you will recognize it again
when you’re looking for it? Replace the word “untitled,” “Document 1,” or whatever
is entered in the file name space at the bottom of the file saving window and type
the name you want. Avoid special characters like *$#% etc. and do not end the file
name with a period.

SAVE OR SAVE AS?

Choose FILE - SAVE ASwhen you are changing a file’s NAME or LOCATION. (If
you have never saved a file before you are changing it’s name/location by defining it
for the first time.)

Choose FILE - SAVEthereafter. The file will be saved with the same name at the
same location you specified previously.

Macintosh

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