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Saving a Site as Template in SP 2010

Posted By: Posted Date: October 03, 2010 Points: 0 Category :SharePoint

Hi,

How can we save a site as .WSP from web UI? I cannot see this option in "Site Actions" menu.

Can anyone please help?

Thanks

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