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CHOOSE THE FILE EXTENSION TO SAVE AS

When you save a file in a word processor type of program, such as Windows Notepad, Wordpad, or Microsoft Word, you don't have to type in the 3 letter file extension at the end of the file name (.txt, or .doc, as the case may be), since Windows will automatically add the right extension. However, suppose you want to create a web page, using HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), in Notepad? Then you should type in the name of your file (example: my web page.htm) and it must include the .htm file extension. But another thing you should do: enclose the entire file name by quotation marks. (Example: "my web page.htm") Why? Because otherwise Notepad will add another extension, namely .txt, to the end of that! Enclosing in quotation marks will tell it not do so.