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      type="topic" style="task"
      id="gedit-save-file">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="gedit-files-basic" group="third"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-03-25" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
  </info>

  <title>Save a file</title>

  <p>To save a file in <app>gedit</app>, click on the disk-drive icon with the word <gui>Save</gui> next to it.  You may also select <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Save</gui></guiseq>, or just press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>S</key></keyseq>.</p>
  <p>If you are saving a new file, the <gui>Save File</gui> dialog will appear, and you can select a name for the file, as well as the directory where you would like the file to be saved.</p>

</page>
