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title: "Save a Document in Java"
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## Purpose Summary

This page explains how to save a document in different formats using Aspose.Words.

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Most of the tasks you need to perform with Aspose.Words involve saving a document. To save a document Aspose.Words provides the [Save](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/document/#save(java.lang.String)) method of the [Document](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/document/) class. The document can be saved in any save format supported by Aspose.Words. For the list of all supported save formats, see the [SaveFormat](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/saveformat/) enumeration.

## Save to a File {#save-a-document-to-a-file}

Simply use the [Save](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/document/#save-java.lang.String) method with a file name. Aspose.Words will determine the save format from the file extension that you specify.

The following code example shows how to load and save a document to a file:

{{< gist "aspose-words-gists" "9d2a393f6dff9d785e7747a48e590d9d" "load-and-save.java" >}}

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You can download the template file of this example from [Aspose.Words GitHub](https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-Java/blob/master/Examples/Data/Document.doc).

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## Save to a Stream {#save-a-document-to-a-stream}

Pass a stream object to the [Save](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/document/#save-java.io.OutputStream-com.aspose.words.SaveOptions) method. It's necessary to specify the save format explicitly when saving to a stream.

The following code example shows how to load and save a document to a stream:

{{< gist "aspose-words-gists" "9d2a393f6dff9d785e7747a48e590d9d" "load-and-save-to-stream.java" >}}

You can download the template file of this example from [Aspose.Words GitHub](https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-Java/blob/master/Examples/Data/Document.doc).

## Save to PCL {#save-a-document-to-pcl}

Aspose.Words supports saving a document into PCL (Printer Command Language). Aspose.Words can save documents into PCL 6 (PCL 6 Enhanced or PCL XL) format. The `PclSaveOptions` class can be used to specify additional options when saving a document into the PCL format.

The following code example shows how to save a document to PCL using save options:

{{< gist "aspose-words-gists" "9d2a393f6dff9d785e7747a48e590d9d" "rasterize-transformed-elements.java" >}}