84 Learning the Basics
Saving your work
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Saving your work
Before you turn off the computer, save your work on the hard
disk drive or diskette/CD. This is one of the most important
rules of computing.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Save your data even when you are using
the Standby command, in case the main battery discharges
before you return to work.
Saving documents is quick and easy, so it is a good idea to get
in the habit of saving frequently.
Many programs offer a feature that saves documents at
regular intervals. Check your programs’ documentation to see
if it has an automatic save feature.

Saving files

1On the File menu of your Windows® program, click Save.
If you are working with a document that already has a file
name, this is all you need to do. If you created a new
document, your program displays a Save As dialog box.
Use this dialog box to specify where to store the
document and to give it a file name.
Sample Save As dialog box