As you use Microsoft Office Word 2003 more and more, you will have more and more documents. It’s important to have a file system in place to organize those files; otherwise it’s easy to lose track of what you have saved and where that file is.

The actual way you manage your files is up to you. Some people prefer to have folders with dates on them, to organize files when they were created. Other people organize files in folders with projects or topics. Still others incorporate those elements into the file name rather than creating folders. We’re not going to focus on a specific method in this lesson; rather, we’re going to give you the tools to save files so you can develop a method that works for you.