Word Perfect: Saving a file to a disk

  1. Put a disk in the a: drive
  2. From the File menu choose 'Save As'
  3. Near the bottom of the dialog box note the 'Drives' window, click on the down-pointing arrow at the right edge of that window, and click above the square slider
  4. Click on a:
  5. The default file type is WordPerfect; you may want to change this, perhaps to 'ASCII (DOS) Text'.
  6. Supply a file name
  7. Click on the OK button
  8. Watch to make sure the drive light goes on
Once the path to the a: drive is set you can continue to edit the file, saving it by choosing Save from the file menu and choosing the appropriate format from the dialog box that pops up.