How to Backup your eHow Articles to your Computer

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Backup your eHow Articles to your Computer

Did one of your eHow articles suddenly disappear from your profile? There are several possible reasons for this disappearance. The eHow staff constantly reviews articles for policy compliance and deletes those that have been determined to be non-compliant. The eHow staff also deletes articles that have been flagged as inappropriate by viewers. System glitches or upgrades are sometimes the reason for an accidental deletion. Whatever the reason, your article is gone from your profile. There is a quick and simple process to backing up your eHow, or other freelance, articles to your computer.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Create folders in which to save your eHow articles. (I use the Windows and Microsoft programs on my PC.)

Create a new folder by opening MY DOCUMENTS in your START menu. Select FILE from the top of the window and then NEW. When you click on NEW there will be an option for FOLDER.

You can name the main FOLDER 'eHow' and then create sub-folders (using the same step) to categorize your articles by month, year, topic, etc.
Step 2

Log in to your eHow account. Select the Articles tab to view a list of all of your articles.

Open one of the articles. I suggest starting either with the oldest or most recent and continuing through the articles from there.
Step 3

Once your eHow article is open, select PRINT ARTICLE. This will provide a clean view of the article without the advertisements and additional images from the site.
Step 4

From the EDIT menu click SELECT ALL. From the EDIT menu again, click COPY. Open Microsoft Word from your START menu and from the EDIT menu, click PASTE.

At this point, you can make adjustments to the information that you actually want to save.
Step 5

From the FILE menu, select SAVE AS. Click on MY DOCUMENTS, then the eHow folder and any sub-folder that you may have created for your specific document.
Step 6

Go back to your eHow account and double click the BACK arrow to return to your list of articles and repeat the above steps to continue saving all of your articles.