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saving your work frequently is important
in case word or your computer shuts down
unexpectedly but there's more than one
way to save in Word 2010 we'll look at
the save as option first which lets you
choose a name and location for your file
just click file save as then enter a
file name and save this is perfect if
you want to save a different version of
something you've been working on or as
in this case you're saving a document
for the first time once you've done that
step you can switch to using the regular
save command on your quick access
toolbar this is just a convenient way to
continue saving your document in its
current location using the same file
name if you forget to save or
unexpectedly lose your work not to worry
words autorecover feature automatically
saves a copy while you're working every
10 minutes to check for autosave
versions open a document that was
previously closed without saving now go
to the
stage view and look under info autosave
versions will be listed here just click
to open then restore and ok to save and
keep it now I'd like to show you how to
save files that will work with previous
versions of Word you'll need to use a
different file format called word 97 to
2003 to share with anyone who uses word
2003 or earlier just click the file tab
then save as and in the save as type
drop-down menu choose word 97 to 2003
document now edit the file name or
location if you need to then save
finally you may or may not have noticed
on that list of file types but Word 2010
has a fantastic new feature that lets
you save as a PDF it's easy we'll just
go back to file save as and then from
the drop-down menu choose PDF
what's a PDF it's a file format that
allows anyone to view your document even
if they don't have word now you know
several different ways to save and make
your documents compatible for sharing
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