# Save As PICT.../Save As Text...

This context-sensitive menu item depends on the type of information which is contained in the active window (e.g., if a Graph is the active window, the item will read "Save as PICT..."). Choosing this item brings forth a dialog for saving the PICT file or the text file under a new name in a selected directory or folder. This menu item provides a convenient way to export the contents of your model to other applications, as described below:

###### Save as PICT...

- This item appears when the Interface level, the Map/Model level, or an unpinned Graph or Loop Pad is active. Save as PICT... allows you to create a disk file of the contents of the active window (for an unpinned graph pad or loop pad, the currently-showing page of the Pad). The contents will be saved in PICT format, which can be opened by many drawing and painting programs. On Windows, the extension for a PICT file is .pct.

###### Save as TEXT...

- This item appears when: (1) an unpinned Table Pad is the active window; or (2) the Equations level is active. Save as TEXT... allows you to create a disk file of the currently-showing page of the Table Pad, or of the equations. Equations will be saved in accordance with the settings you have made in the Equation Preferences dialog (see the discussion of the Equation menu, in this Chapter, for details on the Equations Preferences dialog). The data will be saved in TEXT format. This file then can be opened by a variety of word processing, spreadsheet, and statistical packages. On Windows, the extension for a TEXT file is .txt.