Save document to the disk drive not hard drive

[Kari]

I am trying to save a word document to a disk so I can give it to
someone. When I go into save as it does not give me the option to save
to the disk drive. I have a Mac OX. This is the first time I am
trying this so I am probably missing something very simple.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Kan -

Since you're new, I'll take it easy on you - NEVER try to save directly to
removable media on a Mac *or* a PC. Likewise, don't try to Open a file
directly from removable media either. Both are surefire ways to damage the
file & render it useless.

Always save to your hard drive, then use the Finder window to copy or move
the file to the floppy, CD, Flash Drive or whatever. Also, copy/move the
file from the removable to your hard drive & open that copy for any
additional viewing or editing.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I have a feeling that the secondary issue is Apple's silly decision to
hide most of the hard drive from people saving, by default.

Kan, in the Save dialog, click the blue triangle to the right of the
file name. You will now be able to browse your entire drive instead of
just select from a dropdown list of 10-12 places. Note that this is an
Apple design issue, not limited to Word, and that you may have to click
the same triangle in many other programs on OS X to expand the Save/Save
As dialog.

The expanded save dialog will let you save to a flash drive, but it
still isn't a good idea, especially in Word. Word creates a lot of
temporary files that take up a ton of space on the temporary drive, and
the use of these temporary files makes it very easy for the document to
wind up corrupted.

Daiya