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Learning the Basics
Saving your work
A sample Save As dialog box
2 Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to be
stored.
3 Type a file name, then click Save.
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.
The Windows
®
XP Professional operating system supports
file names of up to 255 characters; the names can include
spaces. Some applications still require MS-DOS
®
file names.
File names
If you plan to share your files with a computer using a pre-
Windows
®
95 version of the Windows
®
operating system, the 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.
You may use all the letters and numbers on the keyboard plus
these characters: _,^,$,~,!,#,%,&,{,},(,),@ and ‘. MS-DOS
®
file
names are not case-sensitive and must not contain spaces.