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Chapter Four:
Working with Files
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Chapter Objectives:
Understanding storage devices, folders, and files
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Using My Computer to navigate through folders and files
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Opening, creating, and renaming files and folders
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Copying, moving, and deleting files and folders
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Restoring a deleted file, and emptying the Recycle Bin
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Changing how information is displayed
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Selecting multiple files and folders
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Finding a file using the Search Companion
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Using Windows Explorer
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When you work at a desk, unless you make an effort to stay organized, all your papers and
files begin to pile up and become messy. It takes a little more time, but the same phenomenon
occurs when working with Windows—the files you create using your computer start to
become disorganized, and are harder and harder to find.
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In this chapter, you’ll take your first step beyond the Windows basics and enter the world of
file management. You’ll learn how Windows stores information in files and folders, just like a
file cabinet does. You’ll find you will need to clean and organize your files and folders from
time to time, just like you would the contents of a file cabinet. This chapter explains how to
organize your computer by creating folders to store related information, how to move and
copy files between folders, how to delete and rename files and folders, and how to retrieve a
deleted file if you change your mind. You can perform file management using several
different programs—My Computer, Windows Explorer, Files and Settings Transfer Wizard,
and the Open and Save dialog boxes found in most programs.
" Prerequisites
• How to use the mouse
to click, double-click,
drag and drop, and
right-click
• How to use menus,
toolbars, and dialog
boxes