How To Download A Word Document Onto A Flash Drive

Navigate to the files on your computer that you want to transfer to the usb drive 3.

How to download a word document onto a flash drive. In the copy items window under the this pc heading locate the flash drive or memory card the drive will not be local disk c where windows 10 resides. 3 double click on the drive letter representing your thumb drive and create a new folder called my documents. If you have a file open in a program like microsoft word or photoshop you can save it directly to the usb drive without having to drag it between explorer windows. On a mac you may click choose instead of save. In the menu that pops up select copy place your mouse cursor over a section of blank space within the usb thumb drive window and right click again.

Navigate to and click the flash drive. Follow the remaining steps but substitute the word move for copy. With your microsoft word document open click the file tab and select save as 3. When you re done your computer dialog box should look something like this. To transfer just a portion of the document to the usb flash drive select the text press ctrl c to copy it to the clipboard press ctrl n to create a new word document press ctrl v to paste the text into the document and then save the new document on the flash drive.

Re open the autoplay window where applicable and click the open folder to view files link. Click the save in drop down menu at the top of the save as dialog box. Select the removable flash drive or memory card to which you want to copy the files and then select the copy button. Doing so will cause the file to download directly onto your flash drive. Insert the flash drive into a usb port on your computer.

The flash drive is typically drive letter e or f 5. Select your usb flash drive. Check to ensure your word document has been saved onto the memory stick. In the menu that pops up select paste the files you copied to the clipboard earlier will be copied onto the usb flash drive. Right click on the file you want to copy then select copy 4.

Now move the my documents folder from the hard drive to the flash drive 1 press windows e again to open another computer dialog.