| Spread for ASP.NET 8.0 Product Documentation > Developer's Guide > Working with the Spread Designer > Using the Spread Designer > Saving and Opening Design Files |
When you have finished working on a design, you can save the design to a file as any of several file types:
From the File menu, select Save or Save As New and specify a file name, the file type, and the location of the file.
To open an existing file, from the File menu, select Open and select the file from the File dialog, or Open Recent and select the name from the recent files list.
For saving Spread Designer to an XML file, the Spread element contains these elements
For more information on the save and open options from the File menu, refer to File Menu.
For details of what is exported to the BIFF-compatible file, refer to the Import and Export Reference.
For more tasks within Spread Designer, return to Using the Spread Designer.