Today we will learn how to save our documents as OpenOffice files and as Word files!
If you read and follow all of the instructions on this quiz, you will learn the basics of how to start a paper using the free program from OpenOffice.org
1. Find the OpenOffice.org icon on your computer and open the program.
2. After it is opened, return to this quiz and select your answer.

The taskbar on your computer should show 2 icons. If you click them, you can quickly and easily switch between this "quiz" and the OpenOffice program.
1. Switch between this "quiz" and the OpenOffice program several times.

Now that we are ready to use both programs at once, you can begin to look at the OpenOffice menu!
When you start the program, you should get a "task wizard" as shown on the right.
This wizard will allow you to access the many features of OpenOffice.

The "Create New Text Document" will open a word processor document.
When you click this icon a blank page for typing a report or letter will appear.
This document will work very much like Microsoft Word.
1. Please click the "Create New text Document" icon, allow the word processor to start.
2. Put your name on the upper right hand corner of your paper.
3. Put the page number in the center of the bottom of the page.

Great!
Let's save early and save often.

Your computer may look a little different from mine, but the process will be similar any way. Try your best to follow the next few instructions very closely.
If you have a flash drive, you should put it in your computer now.
Over the next several questions, I will show you how to save a file to your flash drive.

A box similar to the one shown on the right should appear when you insert your flash drive. It's possible that it will automatically open the folder and show you the files or a photo manager may begin to display photos.
Regardless of how it appears, we will dismiss it shortly.

The AutoPlay window may have given you some important information to notice. Look at the picture on the right. My AutoPlay told me the name of my flash drive and the drive letter that Windows assigned to it. This information will be helpful to me later on so I stopped and paid attention to it now.

Close or dismiss any windows that were opened because you inserted your flash drive.

Return to your text document by clicking the "Untitled 1" OpenOffice button on the task bar.
1 . Choose File from the menu bar.
2. Click "Save As".

Your view may not be the same as mine, but all of us will have the area that I have placed the red rectangle around. Notice that the Untitled 1.odt is highlighted in blue. The computer is waiting for you to type a file name.
Return to the Text Document and replace the Untitled 1.odt with the title of your new document. "Your Name Spell Check".

Those of you who are not using flash drives will skip the next few steps.
Depending on whether you are using Windows XP or Vista or Mac, the buttons you will need to click in the next 2 steps will vary. For example, the Windows XP users should be able to use the drop down arrow at the top of the screen to begin looking for their flash drives. Vista users will be able to use the computer icon on the left side of my picture. Either way, browse to your flash drive now and double click it so that its contents are visible in the main window.

All of us are ready to create a new folder and save our file. Look at the picture above. You will want to create a new folder to save your file in. When you begin a new project, it is a very good idea to create a folder for it. That way, you can save everything to do with the project in one place. Later, I will be teaching you how to collect and insert pictures into your documents. It will be much easier to do this if we have all of the files we need in one folder.
1. Click the New Folder button.



2. Type "OpenOffice" for its name.

Take a look at the picture above. When you return to your OpenOffice document, you will need to make sure that your blue ovals are correct. Are you saving the file where you want to? and Is the file named the way you want it to be named?
If those items are correct, then you should click the Save button and save your file.

Look in the upper left hand corner of the title bar and you will see that the title of your page has changed. Also, on the task bar your document is no longer referred to as Untitled, it is now the first several letters of your name. Your document has been saved as an OpenOffice file.
However Not all computers that you will travel to have OpenOffice, so you will want to save it as a "Word" file as well.

Return to your text document by clicking the OpenOffice button on the task bar.
1 . Choose File from the menu bar.
2. Click "Save As".
The "Save As" wizard will appear but this time it will go directly to the folder that you created before. You will not have to browse!

Notice the address is where you wanted to be. Also the folder is no longer empty!
Now look below the file name where I have placed a blue oval. This is the "Save as type" command. Here you will be able to choose the type of file you want to create. We are going to create a "Word" file, but you can save it in many other formats. Choose the drop down arrow that I have highlighted with a red oval above.
Slide to "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc)" and click this type.
Click "Save"

You are now working on a Word Document instead of an Open Office document. You will need to remember this and when you are finished with your project, you will need to save it as an "odt" file to make sure that you keep both files current. Relax, I'll remind you when the time comes.
Please close your document before proceeding to the next question. When you close your document, you should return to the OpenOffice start up wizard.

Very Good! Now it's time to prove you know what you are doing.
1. Create a text document.
2. Put your name on the upper right hand corner of your paper.
3. Put the page number in the center of the bottom of the page.
4. In the main writing area type, "Give me an A!"
6. Save your file as "Your Name Save File Proof"
7. Save your file as a Word Document.
8. Raise your hand and have your teacher review your work!