ing. Viewing, Re ming and Deleting Folders At some point. you may want to create a folder or a subfolder. Steps to create a new folder Step 1 Goto the loc Folder ation where you want 10 create a New ‘Step 2 Right click on a blank araa Step 3. Point to New and then click Folder Step 4. Type a name for the New Folder, and then press Enter. Steps to create a sub folder with in a folder Step 1 Open Folder Step 2 Choose File -+ New—» Folder ‘Step 3 A New Folder icon appears in Folder (By default name as New Folder) ‘Step 4 Type the new name of sub folder and press Enter. Steps to open and view the contents of the folder ‘Step 1 Double click on the Icon where the folder is placed. Step 2 The Icon folder opens or ‘Step 1. Right-click on the loon. : ‘Step 2 Choose Open (or Explore) Now, you can view the contents of the folder. Steps to rename a folder This process is same as renaming a file. Step 1 Locate your Folder. Step 2 Right click on the Folder Icon, Step 3. Choose Rename Step 4 The folder name is highlighted in blue, ready to be retyped. Step 5 Type a new name and press Enter. Steps to delete a folder Step 1 Locate your Folder. Step 2 Right click on the Folder Icon. Step 3 Choose Delete Step 4 A Delete Folder dialog box appears asking you, you are Sure you want to send the file to the Recycle Bin. Step 5 Choose Yes Step 6 The folder is delete ana moved to the Recycle Bin ‘Note You can also press Shift + Delete keys from the keyboard to delete tesifolders permanently. Copying Files or Folders Windows offers several ways of working files and folders « ipying, and moving are two useful techniques Steps to copy or paste a file or folder ‘Step 1 Open the location that containa the fileffolder, which you want to copy Step 2 Right click the file/folder and then choose Copy. Step % Open the location where you wort iy store the copied file/folder. Step 4 Right click on a blank area within ty location, and then choose Paste ‘The copy af the original file is now stored in new location. Moving Files and Folders Moving files and folders is relatively easy mouse Steps to move files or folders Step 1 Open the location that contains the file/folder, which you want to move ‘Step 2. Right click the file/folder and then choose Cut ‘Step 3 Open the location where you want to store the cutted file/folder. ‘Step 4 Right click on a blank area with the location, and then choose Paste Now, the original file is stored in the n location. Selecting More than One File or Folder You may need to copy or move multiple files folders from one drive to another drive. Steps to copy or move more than One File or Folder ‘Step 1 Hold down the Ctr! key and click to select the Files or Folders you want '0 move or copy. ‘Step 2 The files or folders darken as they 9° selected. ‘Step 3. For copy or move the file/folde, follow the steps, which are already discus in previous headings. ‘Note To select a consecutive aroun of fles, click first file, press and hold down the Shift hae, Click the last file. Al the fles wall get selectpaves rive or disk drive, is a hardware device in which you Adele aux! folders. Disk drives are assigned by a georeg CDE ee) Hard Disk Drives (3) | Your hard drive (the drive inside your Computer icon) jsknown as the (C:, D:, E:......) drive. Hard Disk drive js the location where all files are stored in any computer. J Windows, the name of hard drive start from C: drive itis the first available drive letter. The computer ‘sis the A: and B: drives to floppy disks and sometimes de removable media such as tape drives. Isploring Documents Documents is a folder that provides you a convenient ux to store your important files and folders. Remember, yecan quickly reach documents from the Start menu or ‘yuble-clicking the Documents icon on your desktop. ‘The Documents folder looks something like the picture prea below: Document Folder When you save a file, the file is automatically saved in fistents unless you have chosen a different folder or me §ploring Computer Computer is another tool, which is helpful, if you prefer {88 the contents of a single folder or drive. When it Pen, various drives and folders are displayed. Steps to Open Computer Step 1 ‘Step 2 Computer opens. or Right click the Computer Icon (on the desktop) —> Choose Open Double click the Computer Icon an the desktop, Open the Start menu and choose Computer. Computer Folder Minimising, Maximising, Restoring and Closing Window ‘Windows allows you to easily enlarge, hide or shrink a window using the Minimise, Maximise, Restore and Close buttons. The Minimise Button is among the three buttons at the right end of the title bar. This button has a small dash (or minus sign). The Minimise button shrinks the window and places it on the task bar while leaving the program running. To go back to this window, click on task bar where it is shrinked. ‘The Maximise Button, which (jammies) (Maximise) (Goss looks like a small window. is ~\ c used to enlarge a window to After a window is maximised, the Maximise button changes to the Restore button. It looks like tun Windows near one another. If you click the Restore button, the Maximised window shrinks to its previous size (the size before you maximised it, The Close button, which is represented by cross sign. If you click on clote button, the operating window will get closed. Resizing Windows Resizing a window is slightly different from minimising. restoring or maximising,