These instructions deal with saving two types of documents: A Web Browser page & a Word Processing document.

Copy and Paste:

Newer web browsers usually will allow you to copy and paste the text material from the web page.  Select the material you wish to save by running the mouse over it, then select Copy from the Edit menu.  You can then paste the material into a word processor.

Saving a Web Browser (HTML) page in text only:

To save a web browser page to your disk, select "File" from your browser's menu bar, then select "Save As." A screen will appear for you to direct the document to a disk or a directory on your hard drive. Once you have selected where to save it, go to the bottom of this menu, where it asks "Save as Type." The default is "Source htm. Html" You must change this to "text" by opening this menu and selecting "txt."

If you do not do this, all the html text symbols will be in your document when you open it into a word processor.

***Also, change the extension .html to .txt. If you do not do this, the text will be jumbled all together, and will have no formatting.

Important: When you save using the ".txt" extension, many word processors, including Microsoft Word, will not see it initially when you open the directory where you saved it. The reason that it will not see it is the word processor defaults to seeing only its own documents - in MS Word's case, files with ".doc" extensions. To allow the word processor to see all the files in the directory, including the one that you saved as ".txt," change the default to All Files (*.*). In MS Word, this default is in the lower left corner of the Open screen.

Saving a word processing document:

You should save your word processing files to your hard drive, if at home, or to a disk if working in the school lab.

In your word processor, when you are ready to save, go to Save As. Tell the computer where to save your document. It might be a good idea to create a directory for your assignments, like a MyFiles directory. Direct the document to this directory, name your file, and select OK to save. Once this initial save is completed, you can use the Save command and it will send the document where you have directed it.

Once it is saved to a directory like MyFiles, it will be easy to access this directory through your e-mail program to send the file to your instructor.

© copyright 1995: Allen Bradshaw