Saving Illustrator .ai file as a .jpg

I have Creative Suite 3 on Windows. In Illustrator how do I save a file as a .jpg? Also how do I make the coloured text white? I have managed to change the body of the text but I can't seem to change the ® into white characters. I can't seem to stroke the path or text.

H&P1,
You should be able to:
File>Export and then choose JPEG, either CMYK or RGB
Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Alt(Option+S to Save for Web, as RGB.
You may change the colour of type in the following way:
In the Appearance palette flyout select Add New Fill, and then you can insert the desired colour.
Adding a stroke is for changing the outer shape and changing the colour at the rim.

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