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title: "Save a Document in Node.js"
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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/nodejs-net/aspose.words/document/save/) method of the [Document](https://reference.aspose.com/words/nodejs-net/aspose.words/document/) class. There are overloads that allow saving a document to a file or stream. 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/nodejs-net/aspose.words/saveformat/) enumeration.

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

Simply use the [save](https://reference.aspose.com/words/nodejs-net/aspose.words/document/save/) 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" "757cf7d3534a39730cf3290d418681ab" "load-and-save.js" >}}

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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-Node.js-via-.NET/blob/master/Data/Document.docx).

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

Pass a stream object to the [save](https://reference.aspose.com/words/nodejs-net/aspose.words/document/save/) 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" "757cf7d3534a39730cf3290d418681ab" "load-and-save-to-stream.js" >}}

You can download the template file of this example from [Aspose.Words GitHub](https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-Node.js-via-.NET/blob/master/Data/Document.docx).

## Save a Document 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](https://reference.aspose.com/words/nodejs-net/aspose.words.saving/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" "757cf7d3534a39730cf3290d418681ab" "rasterize-transformed-elements.js" >}}