Apple Macintosh - Saving and Printing MacWrite Documents

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Saving the Document
In mo st cases, the operator will need to save. the Ma c Writ e
document for future reference. Sev er al method s are available
for saving a document. The most simple of the se is to choose
Save from th e File menu. After about ten seco nd s, the new
docum e nt will appear on the disk replacing the old version.
You may wi sh to sa ve documents at r eg ular int ervals to avoid
losing work due to a pow er interruption.
In addition , severa l other command s will initiate th e Save
procedur e. If a MacWrite document ha s been altered in any
way , or if it is a new document , the Ciosecomm and will initiate
the window s hown in figure 5.3. You may have used this
window when taking br eaks. A new do cu me nt will th en give
ri se to figure 5.4 as well. Choose Text Only to save th e text
without formatting, pictures, and special menu op tions such as
fonts. You can open a t ex t-onlydocum e nt only f rom the finder.
Certain M ac applications only accept th e t ex t-onl y form of a
MacWrit e do c ument. Follow th e in str uc tion s and give the
appropriate res pon ses to obtain th e desired results.
In a like manner , the Quit command will give ri se to the
box s hown in figure 5.18.
seue changes before quitting?
( Yes )
[ No ) ( Cancel )
Figure 5.18. Dialogu e box for Quit command