Chapter 2: Finding and Organizing Information – Lesson 6

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Organizing your Digital Space

• You should create folders to organize your information

• Also, create subfolders to keep information neat and easy to find

• Files/Folders should be named something that is easy to remember and represents content

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Creating Folders

• Windows Vista:– Start Documents

• Expand window by resizing outward– Views Medium

Icons• Create new folder:

– Organize New Folder

• Key name of folder• Rt. click, Rename

• Windows XP– Start My

Documents• Expand window by

resizing outward– View Thumbnails

• Create new folder:– Make a new folder– File, New, Folder

• Key name of folder• Rt. Click, Rename

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Deleting Folders

• Windows Vista– Select Folder– Organize Delete,

answer Yes to send to recycle bin.

– Rt. Click, Delete

• Windows XP– Select Folders

button & select specific folder

– Click Delete, Yes send to recycle bin.

– Rt. Click, Delete

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Delete Files and Folders

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Renaming Folders

• Windows Vista– Select Folder– Organize

Rename– Rt. Click, Rename

• Windows XP– Select folders from

toolbar– Select folder– Click Rename in File

& Folders Task Pane– File, Rename– Rt. Click, Rename

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Rename Files and Folders

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Move Files and Folders

• Click and drag

• Cut and paste

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Copy Files and Folders

• Select a file

• Organize Copy

• Go to the new location

• Organize Paste

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