How-To: Save a new spreadsheet - OpenOffice.org Calc
- A star appears here on the status bar when a spreadsheet needs saving.
- To save a new spreadsheet, first click here on "File."
- Next, click on "Save As."
- The "Save As" dialogue window should open. Choose the location where you want the file to be saved here.
- Now, please take note that initially, unsaved documents are named as "untitled." You can see here that this one is named "Untitled1."
- To name this spreadsheet just type in the name you want here on this field.
- Once done, please take note that Calc usually saves spreadsheets as an OpenDocument Spreadsheet as indicated here.
- Now, just click on the Save button.
- Great! If you check on the name bar here, you will see that it has changed from "Untitled1" into "Monthly Expenses.ods"
- Notice as well that the indicator here has gone.
- Congratulations! You now know how to save new spreadsheets.
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Save a new spreadsheet
This screencast demonstrates how to save a new spreadsheet. You learn:
- How to know when a spreadsheet needs to be saved.
- How to find the "Save As" dialogue window.
- How to save a new spreadsheet.
Advanced topics
For advanced functionality with similar results see:
- Save an existing spreadsheet
- Save a spreadsheet as a template
- Save spreadsheet as Microsoft Excel Document
- Export a spreadsheet as Portable Document Format (PDF).
- Close a spreadsheet
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