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+==== Saving your work ====
 Processing uses the term **sketch** to identify what other languages typically call programs. The file extension for Processing sketches is ''.pde''.
-==== Saving your work ====
+To save your work, go back to the IDE, select //File > Save// or //File > Save As...// from the menu bar and give your program a name. By default on Windows, the Processing development environment will  save your work to the ''Documents\Processing'' folder. On macOS, the default location is FIXME TODO. On Linux, it's ''%%/home/<your-username>/sketchbook%%''.
-To save your work, go back to the IDE, select //File > Save// or //File > Save As...// from the menu bar and give your program a name. By default on Windows, the Processing development environment will  save your work to the ''Documents\Processing'' folder. On macOS, the default location will be FIXME TODO. On Linux, it's ''%%/home/<your-username/sketchbook%%''.
+When you create a new program (i.e., sketch) by saving a file, the Processing IDE will create the program inside a new folder with the same name as the program. So, if you create a program named "KittenDance", you will see a folder inside your sketchbook folder called ''KittenDance''. And if you look inside the ''KittenDance'' folder, you'll see a file called ''KittenDance.pde''. **That** is your actual Processing program. The reason for the folder around your ''*.pde'' file is that very often your program will need additional resources (image files, sound files, etc.), and having a separate folder for the whole project gives you a very convenient place to put these resources.
-When you create a new sketch (i.e., program) by saving a file, the Processing IDE will create the program inside a new folder with the same name as the program. So, if you create a program named "KittenDance", you will see a folder inside your sketchbook folder called "KittenDance". And if you look inside the folder called "KittenDance", you'll see a file called ''KittenDance.pde''. **That** is your actual Processing program. To reopen the program, click on //File > Open...// in the IDE, navigate to the ''*.pde'' file, and select it.
+To reopen a program in the IDE, click on //File > Open...//, navigate to the ''*.pde'' file, and select it.
 You are now ready to start developing Processing programs.

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