when saving a new piece of work for the first time there was less difference when saving a new piece of work for the first time there is essentially no difference between save and save as. Note some applications such as Oracle sqlDeveloper disable save as when working on a file that has not yet been saved for the first time. If it is existing file then save will save the work to disk under the existing file name and format. Save as would be used if you wanted to save the same file using a different name or under a different format. For example consider the following sequence using Excel Create a new workbook and save it using the savemand as . Edit the file again assuming you want to save the old version so you save as . Finally you want to share the information in the file with someone who doesn't have excel so you open it and save as . ordered-list You have created