# Saving graph values; Saving results
Certain graphs, such as MDS ordinations (Section [8](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/8-multi-dimensional-scaling-non-metric-nmds-metric-mmds-combined-mds)) or Cluster dendrograms, can be validly rotated in an infinity of ways (effectively), after the results window is generated, perhaps to align them better with a previous run under different transformation or coefficient choice. The plot is always saved in its currently rotated state, naturally, but these will not then correspond to the co-ordinate positions of ordination points, for example, which are listed in the results window. In order to make available the current ordination co-ordinates, or in the case of a dendrogram the ordering of the samples on the x-axis under the current rotation, an option to Save Graph Values is provided. This can be run in two ways, by **File>Save Graph As**>(Save as type: Values (\*.txt)) or more directly by **File>Save Graph Values As**. The end result in both cases is a text file containing either *x,y* or *x,y,z* co-ordinate points for an ordination (each point to a line and tab separated within a line), or a list of the current order of samples in the dendrogram (each sample label to a line).
When they are active, results windows can be saved in just the same way, e.g. on [](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/little-notepad.png) CLUSTER1, **File>Save Results As**>(File name: BC UPGMA res) & (Save as type: Rich Text Files (\*.rtf)) will save the individual clustering steps and associated SIMPROF tests to a file in rich-text format. The latter preserves variations in font size and use of italics when viewing the results window in Word, for example. The alternative is to Save as type: Text Files (\*.txt) which outputs all text in a fixed size Courier font. The decision as to which option to select depends mainly on whether the text file will then be viewed in Word (use \*.rtf) or in a simple text editor such as Notepad (use \*.txt).