Save as

Use the Save as command to save a new file or create a copy of the current file.

When saving files in .csv, .tsv, .tab, .scsv and .txt formats:

• Only the current sheet of the source file with text data is saved in the file. Formatting settings, images, links and other data are not saved.
• The ; (semicolon) character is used as a value separator in .csv, .tsv, .tab, and .csv files, and the tab character (Tab) is used in .txt files.

When saving in .xlsb format:

• Macros are not saved in the file.
• Empty cells are excluded from the sheets workspace.

When saving in .pdf and .pdf/a-1 formats:

• Links to websites remain functional.
• Links to files and email addresses, links to location in the document (sheets, cells, cell ranges, named ranges) are not saved.

To save a new file or create a copy of the current file, follow these steps:

1. Run the save command in one of the following ways:

   • Click the button and run the Save as from the main menu.
   • On the Home tab, in the File group, click the arrow to the right of the  Save button and select Save as command from the drop-down list.
   • Press F12 (Windows) or Ctrl+Shift+S (Linux).

2. In the Save as window, select the folder to save the file to, specify the name and type of file or copy of the file and click Save.

To save a file in .pdf or .pdf/a-1 format, you can also follow these steps:

1. On the Home tab, in the File group, click the arrow to the right of the  Quick print button and select Export to PDF command from the drop-down list.
2. In the file manager window, select the folder where you want to save the file, specify the name and type of the file/file copy, and click Save.

When you create a copy, the copy of the file becomes the document that you will be working on.