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Windows Movie Maker for Beginners - First Steps in Windows Movie Maker

By Wendy Russell, About.com

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Save Your Windows Movie Maker Project

Save the Windows Movie Maker project for further editing

Save the project for further editing

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Before you proceed any further, you should save your project. It is a good idea to do this frequently throughout the movie making process.

From the main menu, choose File > Save Project.

Windows Movie Maker saves the project in the file format .MSWMM which allows for editing at a later time. When your movie is complete, you have additional options for saving the file, so that it may be played in a webpage or emailed, for example. These other options do not allow editing, so it is important to save your working file in the Movie Maker project format.

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