What is the difference between Save and Save As?

What is the difference between Save and Save As?

• A. Save updates the current file; Save As creates a new file or saves to a new name/location
• B. Save As saves changes to the same file
• C. Save creates a copy of the file in the same location
• D. Save overwrites the file's creation date

Answer: (A)

Save updates the file you’re working on, using the same name and location, so your latest changes are saved to that existing document. Save As, by contrast, creates a new file: you choose a new name (and often a different folder or even a different format), leaving the original file unchanged. So you’d use Save to keep working in the same document, and Save As when you want to keep a copy with a different name or in a different place (or format). Saving typically updates the modification time of the file, not its creation date.

Save updates the file you’re working on, using the same name and location, so your latest changes are saved to that existing document. Save As, by contrast, creates a new file: you choose a new name (and often a different folder or even a different format), leaving the original file unchanged. So you’d use Save to keep working in the same document, and Save As when you want to keep a copy with a different name or in a different place (or format). Saving typically updates the modification time of the file, not its creation date.