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Learning the Basics
Saving your work
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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.
Sample Save As dialog box
The Windows
®
XP operating system supports file names of
up to 255 characters; the names can include spaces. Some
applications still require file names limited to eight characters.
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 ‘. File names
are not case-sensitive and must not contain spaces.