She ran out of the room when she saw me VS she ran out of the room as she saw me.

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The original sentence is "She ran out of the room when she saw me."

Can I change the words from "when" to "as"?

There are same meaning here?
 
I am not a teacher.

'As' would be understood but, for me, it is closer to 'while' than it is to 'when'.
 
Im using when ,but it's wrong?
 
"When" is much better than "as." "As" indicates some sort of continuing "seeing," when what really happened is that she saw you and at that point in time, she ran out.
 
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