difference between file => save as and save a copy as.
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hello,
what’s the difference between file => save as and save a copy as. -
ah ok. when i choose save a copy as, then the old file is still being opened.
save as helps me more than save a copy as.
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@hueldoeu said in difference between file => save as and save a copy as.:
ah ok. when i choose save a copy as, then the old file is still being opened.
The way to think of it:
- Save As leaves the original filename as the backup and allows you to keep editing the new file as the active file
- Save a Copy As makes the new filename as the backup and allows you to keep editing the original file as the
save as helps me more than save a copy as.
And other people sometimes have needs to save-a-copy-as: I used that feature just yesterday, because I wanted to save the current state of the file as a backup under a new name, but keep editing under the original filename.
Since both have valid and distinct use-cases, Notepad++ includes both.
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@PeterJones said in difference between file => save as and save a copy as.:
because I wanted to save the current state of the file as a backup under a new name
That’s about the only useful use for it.
The way I use it more often though, is to keep working with both files.
Thus, it becomes a multistep procedure for me. I have to Save a Copy As, and then File > Open the other file.
This annoyed me so much at one point that I wrote a script (or someone else did and I just started using it) that does it in one step.