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create documents—files you can reopen for further editing, send to other

people, back up on another disk, and so on.

That’s why these programs offer File → Save and File → Open commands,
which let you save the work you’ve done onto the hard drive as a file icon
so you can return to it later.

The Save As Dialog Box

When you choose File → Save for the first time, you’re asked where you
want the new document stored. This Save As box is a full Explorer window,

complete with taskbar, navigation pane, search box, and a choice of views.
You can even delete a file or folder right from here. (The Delete command
is in the Organize menu.)

To give it a try, open any program that has a Save or Export command—
WordPad, for example. Type a couple of words and then choose File →
Save. The Save As dialog box appears (Figure 6-6).

Tip
Some techie PC fans like to keep their files on one hard drive and Windows on another. In
Windows 10, you can set that up easily. In → → System → Storage, use the drop-down
menus to indicate which drive you want to hold new documents, music, pictures, and videos. (On
that drive, you’ll find a new folder, named for your account, with Documents, Music, Pictures,
and Videos folders within.)

Saving into Your Documents Folder

The first time you use the File → Save command to save a file, Windows
suggests putting your new document in your OneDrive (see Figure 3-15). If
you’ve turned off that option, then it proposes your Documents folder.

For many people, Documents is an excellent suggestion. First, it means
your file won’t accidentally fall into some deeply nested folder where you’ll
never see it again. Instead, it will be waiting in the Documents folder, which
is very difficult to lose.