Saving a Document

Saving a New Document

To save a new document you can do any of the following:

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• Click the  Save  button on the standard toolbar
• Press  {{#switch:control

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These actions will open the save as dialog box, from which you can enter the filename, verify the filetype and destination location, and click  Save .

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Saving Automatically

You can choose to have Writer save the document automatically at intervals. Automatically saving will overwrite the last saved state of the file, just like manual saving. To change the settings for autosave:

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2. Choose the time interval under {{#if: Save AutoRecovery information every ... |Save AutoRecovery information every ...}}{{#if: | → {{{2}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{3}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{4}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{5}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{6}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{7}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{8}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{9}}}}}{{#if: | → {{{10}}}}}
3. Click  OK  when done.

Saving as a Microsoft Word Document

You have the option to save your OpenOffice .odt document in several other available formats. Exchanging your OpenOffice .odt files with Microsoft Word users is a common issue. The .odt file format is not compatible with Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word users can install an ODF Add-In for MS Office to allow files to be recognized, but the user may also be unwilling or unable to do so to open the .odf file. It may be easier for you to save your document in a word format instead.

• First, save your file as .odt, otherwise all changes will appear on the MS Word version and the .odt version will be lost.
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• Choose the Microsoft Word format you wish to save to, and click  Save .

Changes made to the document will be saved in MS Word format. To return to .odt you must open the document again.