Theme 2: Working smarter Topic 8: Managing your files and folders Chapter 1.3. Page 39 – 47 Maintenance
Managing files and folders Delete unnecessary files Use meaningful names Create sub-folders Only keep latest copies of files
1 Revise Activity Page 40 RichardPhotos
Finding files in Windows Start; Search of F3
Wildcards * represents any number of unknown characters ? represents only 1 unknown character Discuss the difference between: Tel*.doc Tel* Tel?.xls Tel*.xls
2 Explore Activity Page 42 SearchData
3 Try it yourself Activity Page 44 MyData
Compressing files Reduced amount of space used on hard drive Make use of utility program (WinZip) or facility of operating system Extension of archive is .zip Compress = zip Decompress = unzip
Facility of Win XP
Example of difference in size
? Question ? Is it ethical to attach files that are larger than 1 MB to e-mail messages?
4 Explore Activity Page 46 Zip Files
5 Explore Activity Page 47 Read-only Summary