Saving
Before you save - know these 2 very important things:
The "What it's called" part is the filename. Give it a name
you can remember. Something you can recognize later.
Imagine you need to find something you saved last week. It's a terrific picture of a state
flower you need for your report. You know you saved it on your floppy disk, but you can't
remember what you called it. If you look at all of the files on the floppy disk and see
one named "notes", another named "landmark", and one more named
"rose", you would be able to recognize which file you need. If the rose file had
been named "MVC101" it would not be recognizable later.
The "Where it's going" part is the drive and folder.
Are you saving your file to a floppy disk? That would be drive A:. If you're saving your
work to that particular computer, save it to drive C: and probably the My Documents
folder. Follow your teachers directions for that.
If you know those 2 things, you'll be able to find it the next time
you need it.
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If you say, "Mrs. Cannon,
where is my report? I sat at this computer."
I'll ask, "What is it called? Where did you put it?" You need to be able to
answer those 2 questions.
If you know those 2 things, we can find it in a snap. |
After giving it a name and telling it where to save it,
click the Save (or OK button) and WAIT!...
...... NEVER exit or eject your floppy disk during the saving process! Watch the cursor or
the saving bar to see when the saving process is complete. The cursor changes into an
hourglass while it's saving and back into the regular cursor when it has finished saving.
The saving bar will be displayed also as it is saving.
Big Mistake!!! Don't let this happen to
you.
After you've saved your file and you come back another day to work on it, how do you get
back to that saved file? The word to remember is "OPEN". Click
File and Open, or the Open Button
in the toolbar, the one with the little yellow open folder, will do. NEVER click
File, Save As, and type in your filename when you want to open
a file. Guess what...You just saved nothing - that new blank page - and gave it your
filename. You replaced your work with a new blank page. UGH!
Sometimes during the saving process a message might pop up saying that filename already
exists. What should you do? Could it be someone else's project by the same name? Yes! If
you've named it your first name, someone in another class might have done the same thing.
If you named it "Oklahoma", someone in another class might be working on a
report by the same name. The safe thing to do is to rename it and try to save it again.
Don't overwrite anyone else's work. You wouldn't want someone to do that to your work.
Saving a Picture
Point your cursor to the picture and right-click. Remember that a right-click
pops up a menu of choices.
Click "Save Picture". Then follow the 2 steps for saving - 1. Give it a name you
can recognize. 2. Know where you're saving it.
Now you try. See if you can save one of the pictures on this page.
Another method is to use the toolbar that appears when you move your
cursor over a picture. Watch for a small toolbar to appear near a corner of the picture.
Locate the save button on the toolbar. Using it will also allow you to save that picture.
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