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File Manipulation
- Moving files from one folder to another: just drag the file with the
mouse to a new folder and there it is.
- Copying a file: click on the file with the mouse, then click on
EDIT > COPY. Move to the folder you want and click on EDIT > PASTE.
- Renaming a file: click on the file, then click on FILE > RENAME,
type in the new name, and press ENTER
- Deleting a file: drag it with the mouse to the recycle bin.
- Working with groups of (contiguous)
files: click the first file, then hold down the
SHIFT key, and click on a file further down. All of these files are
then highlighted and can be manipulated as a group
- Working with groups of non-contiguous files: click on a file
with the mouse, then hold the CONTROL key down, and click on
any other files (while holding the CONTROL key down). All of
these files will be highlighted and can be manipulated as a group.
- This information also applies to disks: you can copy individual
files or groups of files to/from your floppy disk or from (but not
to) you CD-ROM disk. You floppy and CD-ROM disks are identified
in the top level of your MY COMPUTER folder.
- Executing a file: if a file is a program, or if it belongs to
an application, double click on it to run it or launch the
application.
- Creating a new folder: move to the folder in which you wish to create a new sub-folder. Then click on FILE > New > Folder and an empty folder appears on the list. Then type in a name for the folder and press ENTER.
- Printing files: in most cases you print within an application, such as NotePad, Word, or Internet Explorer. For example, in Internet Explorer, your click on FILE > PRINT to print a page; to set up the characteristics of the printing, you click on FILE > PAGE SETUP. The same applies to Microsoft WORD, except that you have an additional command: FILE > PRINT PREVIEW that lets you see just how the output will actually look.
- You can also print all or portions of the screen. If you highlight a window, then hold the ALT key down while pressing the PRINT SCRN key (near the upper right corner of your keyboard), it places the image in the "Clipboard". If you then go into an application, such as WORD, and click on EDIT > PASTE, that window is copied into your WORD document, at which point you can print it. If you press PRINT SCRN without pressing the ALT key, the *entire* screen is saved in the clipboard.
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