- 1). Plug the USB flash drive into an available USB port on the Windows Vista computer.
- 2). Turn on the computer if it not turned on already.
- 3). Open the document you want to save to the USB flash drive.
- 4). Click "File" in the upper-left corner of the document and then click "Save As."
- 5). Click the expansion box to the left of "Desktop" beneath "Folders" on the left side of the "Save As" dialog box.
- 6). Click the expansion box to the left of "Computer."
- 7). Click the USB flash drive that shows up in the list that appears beneath "Computer."
- 8). Change the file name to the right of "File Name" if necessary and then click "Save."