2 Double-click the drive icon.
Creating folders
Folders are much like the folders in a file cabinet. They can contain files and other
folders.
Files are much like paper documents—letters, spreadsheets, and pictures—that you
keep on your notebook. In fact, all information on a notebook is stored in files.
To create a folder:
1 Click
2 Double-click the drive where you want to put the new folder. Typically, Local
3 If you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click the
4 Click Organize, then click New Folder. The new folder is created.
5 Type a name for the folder, then press E
For information about renaming folders, see
Copying and moving files and folders
again. Then the clipboard contains the new information only. Therefore, you
can paste copies of a file or folder into more than one place, but as soon as
you copy or cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is deleted
from the clipboard.
The skills you need to copy and move files are called
When you
the Windows
folder you want the copy to go in (the
When you
location and place the file or folder on the Windows clipboard. When you decide
where you want the file or folder to go, you paste it there.
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Folders
Files
Shortcut
Click File Á New Á Folder Á type name
(Start), then click Computer on the Start menu.
Disk (C:) is your hard drive.
existing folder.
the folder icon.
Important
The clipboard stores whatever you cut or copy until you cut or copy
copy and paste a file or folder, you place a copy of the file or folder on
clipboard , which temporarily stores it. Then, when you decide what
cut and paste a file or folder, you remove the file or folder from its original
. The new folder name appears by
NTER
"Shortcuts" on page
copying , cutting , and pasting .
destination folder), you paste it there.
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