Saving, Closing, and Opening a Document


After you've created a document, you'll probably want to save it for later use. When you've finished creating the document, close the program in which you created it so that the program isn't using space or taking power from your computer. When you're ready to work on your document again, you can easily restart the program and open the document directly from the running program.

Save a Document

Click the Save button on the toolbar, or, if the toolbar isn't visible, choose Save from the File menu.

If you don't want to save the document to the default folder, specify a different location. If the Favorite Links list isn't displayed, click the Browse Folders button.

Type a name for the document. The name can be up to 255 characters long (including any path and file extension); it can contain spaces but can't contain the * : < > | " \ or /characters. Note that long file names are often truncated by programs, so a descriptive short name is best.

If you want to save the document in a different format from that of the default file format, select the format.

Click Save. As you work with the document, click Save frequently. Windows will now save the file without displaying the Save As dialog box.

Try This!

Many programs can stay open for additional work after you close the document you're working on. Open the File menu and look at the commands. If there's a Close command, click it to close the document without closing the program. If there's a New command but no Close command, choose New to see whether it closes the open document.


See Also

"Accessing Everything" on pages 1617 for information about navigating to different folders or drives.


Tip

In many programs, you can press Ctrl+S to quickly save a document.


Close a Document

Click the Save button one last time to make sure that you've saved all the changes in the document.

Click the Close button to end the program.

Tip

Most, but not all, programs use the Save As and Open dialog boxes, just like the ones in WordPad. If you have a program that uses its own style of dialog box, you'll probably need to consult the program's documentation for additional help.


Open a Document

With the program you want to use running, choose Open from the File menu to display the Open dialog box.

If necessary, specify the location of the document you want.

If necessary, double-click a folder to navigate to the document. Continue double-clicking folders until you locate the document.

Specify the file type of the document you want to open. Only documents of the specified file type will be displayed in the list of files.

If you can't locate the document, type its name, or part of the name, in the Search box.

Double-click the document to open it.



Windows Vista Plain & Simple
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