# PSPP for Beginners: Saving Data

## How to save data

Data files can be saved in several ways:

- Keystroke: Use the Control-S key sequence
- Tool bar button: Click the Save button, which looks like this:
- Menu option: Select the "File" menu, then "Save" from the drop-down options

The Save dialog box will show various storage devices and folder locations on your computer.

Choose the site where you want to save the data. If you are in a computer lab or on a public computer it would be a good idea to save the file to your personal flash drive or cloud storage.

Save the file with a descriptive, useful file name. A date in the file name is sometimes helpful.

The PSPP data files have a .sav extension on Windows computers. Using this extension will help PSPP find the data files in the future. Double-clicking on a file ending in .sav will open the file in the PSPP application if the file associations are configured properly.

Click on the Save button (see the bottom right corner of the dialog box) to complete the saving process.

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