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I have Windows Vista and am unable to transfer things from Microsoft Works into files. Anyone able to explaion to me please (in simple English) how I can make a file out of a dociument in Microsoft works. I need to find ojut because I have just been elected assistant secretary in a club and need to put things into files. Thank you
Richard
I have Windows Vista and am unable to transfer things from Microsoft Works into files. Anyone able to explaion to me please (in simple English) how I can make a file out of a dociument in Microsoft works. I need to find ojut because I have just been elected assistant secretary in a club and need to put things into files. Thank you
Richard
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I have old MS Works files and MS Word.
If I want to save a Works file in a different format, I open the document in Works, then click on File in the top left hand corner. You should get a drop down box which gives you a 'Save as' choice.
Click 'Save as' and this will open another mini-window.
Near the bottom of this is another choice of 'save as type'
and a little space with another drop down arrow. If you click that, you should get the drop down with a choice of several types of file choice. Pick one of the Word options. Just the Generic one will do if you can't see your particular Word programme (e.g. Word 2003 or Word 2007).
Hope this works for you. Excuse the pun.
If I want to save a Works file in a different format, I open the document in Works, then click on File in the top left hand corner. You should get a drop down box which gives you a 'Save as' choice.
Click 'Save as' and this will open another mini-window.
Near the bottom of this is another choice of 'save as type'
and a little space with another drop down arrow. If you click that, you should get the drop down with a choice of several types of file choice. Pick one of the Word options. Just the Generic one will do if you can't see your particular Word programme (e.g. Word 2003 or Word 2007).
Hope this works for you. Excuse the pun.
Chuckfickens was correct in what he said.
However, factor30 went further, which prompted me to answer as I did.
Going back to your original question made me remember what I did when I became a membership secretary of a local club I belonged to. (back in the last century:)
I needed to create files specific to that group.
So, as before, I opened the first Works file I wanted to save and clicked File in the top left hand corner. Then clicked 'save as'.
Looking around that mini-window which appears, you get, among other things; at the top 'Save in'. Now move the curser arrow horizontally to the right slowly, you will pass it over some other icons. As you do, a small information box should appear, telling what these little icons mean. One should say 'Create new folder(file). Click on this and a new folder icon will appear in the main area within the mini-window. The centre of this will appear, most likely blue, which means you can immediately type into it to give it a name which you want to identify your club with and put all the other club files into. Click on that new file and it should appear as the title in the main 'Save in' at the top of the mini-window.
Your original file which you opened to start with is still open, but will need to have a name.
To do that, move the curser to the bottom of the mini-window where it says 'File name'.
Type in the name you want to give it; you can always change it later, and then do as I mentioned in the first post I sent, to save it in the Word format.
Try it with a couple of test documents first; if it goes wrong, you've not lost anything important.
However, factor30 went further, which prompted me to answer as I did.
Going back to your original question made me remember what I did when I became a membership secretary of a local club I belonged to. (back in the last century:)
I needed to create files specific to that group.
So, as before, I opened the first Works file I wanted to save and clicked File in the top left hand corner. Then clicked 'save as'.
Looking around that mini-window which appears, you get, among other things; at the top 'Save in'. Now move the curser arrow horizontally to the right slowly, you will pass it over some other icons. As you do, a small information box should appear, telling what these little icons mean. One should say 'Create new folder(file). Click on this and a new folder icon will appear in the main area within the mini-window. The centre of this will appear, most likely blue, which means you can immediately type into it to give it a name which you want to identify your club with and put all the other club files into. Click on that new file and it should appear as the title in the main 'Save in' at the top of the mini-window.
Your original file which you opened to start with is still open, but will need to have a name.
To do that, move the curser to the bottom of the mini-window where it says 'File name'.
Type in the name you want to give it; you can always change it later, and then do as I mentioned in the first post I sent, to save it in the Word format.
Try it with a couple of test documents first; if it goes wrong, you've not lost anything important.
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