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How to Choose Your Own Extension Saving a WordPad Document

Article ID: 253688

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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This article describes how to choose your own file extension when you save a WordPad document.

To save a document that you create in WordPad with a different file extension, enclose the file name in quotes:

On the File menu, click Save As.
In the File Name box, type "filename.htm" (where filename is the name you want to give the file), and then click Save.

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 To save a document that you create in WordPad with a different file extension, enclose the file name in quotes:
 # On the '''File''' menu, click '''Save As'''.
-# In the '''File Name''' box, type '''&quot;<code>filename</code>.htm&quot;''' (where <code>filename</code> is the name you want to give the file), and then click '''Save'''.
+# In the '''File Name''' box, type '''"<code>filename</code>.htm"''' (where <code>filename</code> is the name you want to give the file), and then click '''Save'''.