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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Saving Documents in Other Formats</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159233"><bookmark_value>documents; saving in other formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>saving; documents in other formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>files; saving in other formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text documents;saving in other formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; saving in other formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drawings; saving in other formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>presentations; saving in other formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>exporting; to Microsoft Office formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Word documents; saving as</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Excel; saving as</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>PowerPoint export</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Choose <emph>File - Save as</emph>. You will see the <emph>Save as</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153348" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="3">In the <emph>Save as type</emph> or <emph>File type</emph> list box, select the desired format.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Enter a name in the <emph>File name</emph> box and click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">If you want the file dialogs to offer another file format as default, select that format in <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - Load/Save - General</emph> in the <emph>Default file format </emph>area.</paragraph>
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