How to Save a message as a file in Outlook

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Outlook gives you several options for saving an email message. A message that you receive, for example, can be saved as a file on your computer or in another folder in Outlook. A message you're composing can be saved as a draft and finished later.

Save a message as a file on your computer or in the cloud

  1. Double-click to open the message you want to save, and on the File menu, click Save As.

    Select the File menu, then Save As.

  2. In the Save as dialog box, in the Folder pane, choose a folder, and then the location in that selected folder where you want to save the file.

    You can save an existing email message as a file.

  3. In the File name box, type a name for the file.

  4. In the Save as type list, accept the default type, or choose another file type in the list.

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