What Is This? Windows Basics

12.6. Save A File

If you have created a new document or other file that you would like to save in one of the folders on your computer, with the document still open, go to the File tab in the top left corner and choose "Save As".  A window will open showing your directory folders and you can choose where to save the file.  You can also rename the file as you save it.  You will practice this is Unit 3 when you begin working with Office® documents.

If someone has sent you a document or other file that you would like to save in one of the folders on your computer, you can save it one of two ways:

1. Without opening the attachment, right-click on the attachment icon or file name and choose "Save As" or, if there is more than one attachment, choose "Save All Attachments".  A window will open showing your directory folders and you can choose where to save the file.  You can also rename the file as you save it.
2. After you open an attachment directly from your email, you can save it by choosing "File" in the top left hand corner of the window and selecting "Save" or "Save As". 

Sometimes your security settings will open attachments in "protected mode" to prevent you from saving a file in a format that can be edited and can therefore carry some risk of containing a virus.  If this document is something that you need to edit, you will have to take an extra step to "enable editing" before you will be able to save the file.  The "protected view" information will appear as a bar at the top of the opened attachment.