Microsoft Windows XP

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Microsoft Windows XP
Tutorial 3

• Organizing Files with Windows Explorer

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Windows Explorer

• Windows Explorer is a program included with
  Windows XP that is designed to simplify file
  management tasks

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Displaying the Explorer Bar

• On the View menu point to Explorer Bar
• Windows Explorer is divided into two sections
  called panes
• The left pane (Explorer bar) shows different ways
  of locating specific folders or folders on your
  computer
• You can display the Explorer bar in one of five
  ways as a Search, Favorites, Media, History, or
  Folders pane

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Working with the Folders Pane

• Click the plus box next to a device or folder to
  display its next level of folders
• Click the minus box next to a device or folder to
  hide all its subfolders
• Storage device icons

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The Folders Pane Displaying Folders on Drive A
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Selecting an Object in the Folders Pane

• To select a device or folder, you must click its
  icon, not its plus or minus box

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Creating a New Folder

• In the Folders pane, click the device or folder
  that will contain the new folder
• Click File, point to New, and then click Folder
• Type a name for the new folder, and then press
  the Enter key

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Adjusting the Width of the Explorer Bar

• Move the mouse pointer to the dividing bar
  between the left and right panes
• When the arrow-shaped pointer changes to a
  double-headed arrow, hold down the left mouse
  button and drag the dividing line right or left,
  as necessary
• When the dividing bar is in the desired position,
  release the mouse button

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Adjusting the Width of the Explorer Bar
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Selecting Files

• Make sure the right pane displays the files you
  want to select
• To select a single file, click the file
• To select consecutive files in a list of files,
  select the first file and them press the Shift
  key while you select the last file in the list
• To select nonconsecutive files in a list, select
  the first file and then press the Ctrl key while
  you select each additional files
• To select all the files and folders in the
  selected device or folder, click Edit and then
  click Select All

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Printing the Windows Explorer Window

• Press the Print Screen key
• Start WordPad and maximize the WordPad window
• Click the Paste button to insert the image of the
  Windows Explorer window into the document
• Click the Print button

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Printing the Windows Explorer Window
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Moving Files with Cut and Paste

• Select the file or files you want to copy or move
• Click the Cut command on the Edit menu to move
  the files, or click the Copy command on the Edit
  menu to copy the selected file(s)
• Select the device or folder in which you want to
  place the copied or cut files
• Click Edit on the menu bar, and then click the
  Paste command

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Moving or Copying Files with the Move To Folder
and Copy To Folder Commands

• Select the file or files you want to move
• Click Edit on the menu bar, and then click Move
  To Folder
• In the Move Items dialog box, locate and click
  the folder to which you want to move the files
• Click the Move button

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Preparing a Disk with Quick Format

• Place your disk in drive A
• Right-click the 3½ Floppy (A) in the Folders
  pane
• Click Format on the shortcut menu to open the
  Format 3½ Floppy (A) dialog box
• Click the Quick Format check box
• Click the Start button

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Copying a File to the Hard Disk and then to a
Different Floppy Disk
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Working with the Favorites Pane

• If you want quick access to files and folders,
  you can add them to the Favorites pane
• To add a folder to the Favorites pane, you open
  the folder in Windows Explorer, click Favorites
  on the menu bar, and then click Add to Favorites
• To add a file to the Favorites pane, open the Add
  Favorite dialog box and drag one or more files
  from the right pane to the Favorites pane

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Adding Files to the Favorites Pane
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Organizing the Favorites Pane
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Working with the Media Pane

• Use can use the Media pane in the Windows
  Explorer window to access multimedia files, such
  as music and video files

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Viewing Your File History

• The History pane displays a history of the files
  and objects that youve opened recently
• Like the Folders pane, the History pane is
  available on the Explorer Bar

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Other Views in the History Pane
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Using the Search Companion Pane in Windows
Explorer

• In the Search Companion pane, you can specify the
  name or part of a name of any file on your
  computer, and Windows Explorer will then locate
  the file for you
• You can access the Search Companion pane by
  clicking the Search button on the Standard
  Buttons toolbar

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Searching for Files in Windows Explorer