WordPerfect 7: Saving to a floppy disk with Shortcut Keys

Three ways to save a file to a floppy disk

1. Saving directly to the floppy disk in drive A:
2. Saving directly to the floppy disk in drive B:
3. Choosing the floppy drive and then entering the file name

Five steps to save a file to a floppy disk in Drive A:

1. Insert a floppy disk into disk drive.
2. Press F3 to open the "Save As" dialog box.
3. Type a: and the name of your file. Press ENTER and your document will be saved to your floppy disk. The "a:" you typed in front of the filename is how to specify that you want to save to a floppy disk in the a: drive.
4. If you received an error message when you tried to save your document, check the following:

• Did you insert a floppy disk into the a: drive? If you did not insert a disk you will recieve an error message, insert your disk and press ENTER.
• Is the file name legal? Filenames must be less than 255 characters and must NOT include any of the following characters forward slash (/), backslash (\), greater-than sign (>), less-than sign (<), asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation mark ("), pipe symbol (|), colon (:), or semicolon (;).
• Is your floppy disk formatted correctly? See How to Format a Floppy disk in this documentation.

Five steps to save a file to a floppy disk in Drive B:

1. Insert a floppy disk into disk drive.
2. Press F3 to open the "Save As" dialog box.
3. Type b: and the name of your file. Press ENTER and your document will be saved to your floppy disk. The "b:" you typed in front of the filename is how to specify that you want to save to a floppy disk in the b: drive.
4. If you received an error message when you tried to save your document, check the following:

• Did you insert a floppy disk into the a: drive? If you did not insert a disk you will recieve an error message, insert your disk and press ENTER.
• Is the file name legal? Filenames must be less than 255 characters and must NOT include any of the following characters forward slash (/), backslash (\), greater-than sign (>), less-than sign (<), asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation mark ("), pipe symbol (|), colon (:), or semicolon (;).
• Is your floppy disk formatted correctly? See How to Format a Floppy disk in this documentation.

Ten steps to save a file to a floppy disk

1. Insert a floppy disk into disk drive.
2. Press F3 to open the "Save As" dialog box.
3. Press ALT+I to choose a directory to save the file in.
4. Use the up and down arrow keys to select the "3 1/2 Floppy [A:]", Press ENTER.
5. Press TAB twice to move to a list of folders and file names on the floppy disk
6. If you don't want to save the file in a folder skip to the next step. Otherwise use the up and down arrow keys to highlight a folder and press ENTER.
7. Press ALT+N to move cursor to the Name prompt .
8. Type a name for the file and press ENTER.
9. The document you were working on is now saved to the floppy disk with the filename that you specified.
10. If you received an error message when you tried to save your document, check the following:

• Did you insert a floppy disk into the a: drive or the b: drive?
• Is the file name legal? Filenames must be less than 255 characters and must NOT include any of the following characters forward slash (/), backslash (\), greater-than sign (>), less-than sign (<), asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation mark ("), pipe symbol (|), colon (:), or semicolon (;).
• Is your floppy disk formatted correctly? See How to Format a Floppy disk in this documentation.

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