How to Save a Word Document on Mac

You can use various methods to save a word document on your Mac. By default, Mac will use Pages to open and edit documents. Still, you can easily export those documents to a Microsoft Word file, a PDF, EPUB, and many other options. This tutorial is about how to save a word document on mac.

We have cataloged several ways to save Word and Pages documents on your Mac. Furthermore, we have also listed a few commonly faced problems while handling word documents on Mac and their solutions. 

How to Save a Word Document on Mac

Saving a Word Doc on Mac is an extremely simple task with just two steps involved in the entire process. 

• Keep the document that you want to be saved open and click anywhere on the document to select it. 
• Hover the cursor over to the Menu Bar, click on File, and press Save from the menu. 

• A new window will pop up asking where the file is supposed to be saved.  
• Subsequently, the Command-Shift-S shortcut can also be used to save the file. 
• Choose the appropriate location, name the file, and hit Save. 

This is how to save a word document on macbook.

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How to Save a Word Document on Mac in a Different location

You can choose to save a word document on Mac in a different location following the same number of steps as we did before. Moreover, you can choose the destination as per your need and create a folder as well for the same.

• Make sure that the document you want to be saved is active by clicking anywhere on the document. 
• Hover the cursor over to the Menu Bar, click on File, and press Save.
• A new window will show up displaying the folders on your Mac. If it does not, click on the On My Mac button. 
• Select the destination where the file is supposed to be saved. 
• You can also create a new folder within the folder or destination you’ve chosen by selecting the New Folder option and giving it a name. 

• After you’re satisfied with the destination and the name, hit Save. 

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Can I Save a Word Doc on an Online Service?

Yes, if you have Microsoft Office and a subscription for services like OneDrive or SharePoint, you can save your Word documents on these online services and access them as if they were stored on your Mac’s hard disk. 

You can use the Save an option to save files to your OneDrive, SharePoint, or any other online service you might use. 

• Make sure the file is activated by clicking anywhere on the document.
• Click on File, and select Save. 
• Once the dialog box opens up inside Word, you should see all the online services listed on the left-hand side. 
• If you don’t see them, click on the Online Locations button to display all online services. 
• Select the file destination, rename it, and hit Save. 

How to Use Pages to Save a Document on Mac?

Pages is a default application you would use on your Mac to edit and create documents. Moreover, the process of saving a Pages file is pretty straightforward.

• Open your Mac and make sure the file you want to be saved is open and activated. 
• Hover the cursor over to the Menu Bar, click on File and select Save from the menu, which drops down.
• Subsequently, the Command-S shortcut can also be used on the keyboard to save the file. 
• Provide a name for the file, choose the destination where you want it placed, and hit Save. 

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How to Create a Duplicate of a Document in Pages in mac?

If you want to create a duplicate of a document, an inbuilt feature in Mac allows you to do that. Here are the steps you can follow on your system mentioned below to create a duplicate.

• Open your Mac and select the file you want to duplicate. 
• Open the document in Pages. If it opens using some other application, right-click over the document, select Open With and click on Pages from the list. 
• Once you’ve opened the file in Pages, hover the cursor over to the Menu Bar, click on File, and select Duplicate from the list.

• A duplicate of the original document will open up with Copy written at the end of the file name to discern it from the original version. 
• You can use the Shift-Command-S shortcut to do the same as well. 
• Once the duplicate is generated, you can save it using the Command-S shortcut, rename the file if you wish, choose its destination, and hit Save.

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How to Change the Destination of a Pages Document in mac?

Apart from simply changing the destination of a word document, you can do it for the Pages document as well. Let us see how we can do this in the steps given below.

• Open your Mac and locate the document whose location you want to alter. 
• Open the document in Pages by right-clicking on the file and choosing Pages in the Open With menu. 
• Hover over to the Menu Bar, click on File, and select Move to.
• A new dialog box will open up where you can rename the file if you wish to and choose its new location beside the Where option. 
• If you want to move the document to your iCloud, select Pages-iCloud from the Where option.

• Once you’ve chosen its new destination, hit Save.

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Conclusion

That’s it, folks; we have discussed a myriad of ways how to save Word and Pages documents on Mac. Now it’s up to you to decide which one suits your needs the best and go from there. I hope, you got an idea on how to save a word document on mac.