Saving your work
It is very important to save your work regularly. A saved piece of work is easily recovered if something goes wrong. To save your work use ‘Save’ or ‘Save As’ from the The menu that is normally in the top left of an application window (or at the top left of the screen on an Apple Mac). This menu normally lets you open or save a file as well as other functions.. Do not rely on An automated process of saving a file at regular time intervals..
The first time you save your work the 'Save As' dialogue box will appear. Name your Anything you save. It could be a document, a piece of music, a collection of data or something else. and choose which A place to store files that are related, eg. all of the files relating to one project. Folders help to keep work organised. Sometimes called a directory. to save it in. From now on, when you save your work it will To save and replace an existing file. the original file with your changes. To prevent this from happening, use ‘Save As’ from the 'File' menu to save a To reproduce or replicate the same content elsewhere, eg. to copy a photo or a line of text. of your work.
Use 'Save As' to:
- save something for the first time
- save a copy or a different version of your work
Use 'Save' to:
- save your changes (this will overwrite the original file)
- save your work quickly
You can use shortcut keys to save your work. In Microsoft's brand of operating systems, eg Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows Vista, etc. press CTRL-S and in A version of Apple's Mac OS operating system for Apple computers. press CMD-S.
