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Saving a map—ArcMap | Documentation

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After you finish working on a map, you can save it and exit ArcMap. You save a map as a document and it is stored with reference to the data. In most cases, after you open and save an existing map document (.mxd file), the map can no longer be opened with earlier versions of ArcGIS because it will now reflect the new functionality. Similarly, new documents you create also cannot be opened in earlier versions of the software; however, you can use the Save A Copy command to make a copy of a map document so you can open and work with it in previous versions of ArcGIS.

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