1. File, Document, and Folder Management and Windows XP Explorer
Project 3
File, Document, and Folder Management and Windows XP Explorer

2. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Display icons in various views in a window
View the contents of a drive and folder
Open a document and application program from a window
Cascade and tile open windows on the desktop
Copy, move, and delete files from open windows

3. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Launch Windows XP Explorer
Expand drives and folders in Explorer
Display files and folders in Explorer
Display the contents of drives and folders in Explorer
Launch an application program from Explorer
Close folder expansions

4. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Copy, rename, and delete files in Explorer
Close Explorer
Display drive and folder properties
View bitmap images in a filmstrip and as a slide show
files and share folders
Find files and folders using Search on the Start menu
Use the Run command

5. INTRODUCTION
Two major ways to work with files and documents in Windows XP
My Computer window
Windows XP Explorer
My Pictures window

6. MY COMPUTER WINDOW My Computer command
Displays disk drives, CD-ROM drives, DVD drives, document folders, and network drives
Click the Start button. Point to My Computer on the Start menu

7. Click My Computer. Click the Maximize button in the My Computer window

9. MY COMPUTER WINDOW Left pane Right pane Shared Documents folder
LOCAL DISK (C:)
Hard disk
CD Drive (D:)
Audio / Data CD
Disk label

10. THE STATUS BAR
Contains information about the documents, folders, and programs in a window
Click View on the menu bar and then point to Status Bar

11. Click Status Bar

13. VIEWING ICONS IN THE MY COMPUTER WINDOW
Click the Views button on the Standard Buttons toolbar and then point to Icons

14. Click Icons

15. Click the Views button on the Standard Buttons toolbar and then click
List

16. Click the Views button on the Standard Buttons toolbar and then click
Details

17. Click the Views button on the Standard Buttons toolbar and then click
Tiles

19. MY COMPUTER WINDOW Name button Type button Total Size button
Free Space button
Comment button

20. VIEWING THE CONTENTS OF DRIVES AND FOLDERS
Open each folder in the same window option
Hidden files
Double-click the LOCAL DISK (C:) icon in the My Computer window. If the right pane of the LOCAL DISK (C:) window contains messages indicating the contents of the folder are hidden and should not be modified, click the Show the contents of this folder link

22. VIEWING THE CONTENTS OF A FOLDER
WINDOWS folder
Point to the WINDOWS icon in the My Computer window

23. Double-click the WINDOWS icon
Double-click the WINDOWS icon. If the right pane of the WINDOWS window contains a message indicating the contents of the folder are hidden and should not be modified, click the Show the contents of this folder link

25. OPENING A DOCUMENT FROM A WINDOW
Bitmap image
Paint program
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
Scroll down the right pane until the Santa Fe Stucco icon displays. Point to the Santa Fe Stucco icon. If the computer does not contain the Santa Fe Stucco icon, find and point to another icon

26. Double-click the Santa Fe Stucco icon
Double-click the Santa Fe Stucco icon. If the Santa Fe Stucco – Windows Picture and Fax Viewer window is maximized, click the Restore button and then size the window to the size in the following figure

28. STANDARD TOOLBAR

29. LAUNCHING AN APPLICTION PROGRAM FROM A WINDOW
Click the WINDOWS button in the taskbar button area. Scroll until the notepad icon displays in the window. Point to the notepad icon

30. Double-click the notepad icon

32. MANAGING OPEN WINDOWS
Cascading windows
Tiling windows

33. CASCADING WINDOWS
Right-click an open area on the taskbar. Point to Cascade Windows on the shortcut menu

34. Click Cascade Windows

36. MAKING A WINDOW THE ACTIVE WINDOW
Click the Santa Fe Stucco – Windows Picture and Fax Viewer window button on the title bar

38. UNDO CASCADED WINDOWS
Right-click an open area on the taskbar. Point to Undo Cascade on the shortcut menu

39. Click Undo Cascade

41. TILING OPEN WINDOWS
Right-click an open area on the taskbar and then point to Tile Windows Vertically on the shortcut menu

42. Click Tile Windows Vertically

44. UNDOING TILING
Right-click an open area on the taskbar. Point to Undo Tile

45. Click Undo Tile

47. CLOSING WINDOWS
Click the Close button in the Santa Fe Stucco – Windows Picture and Fax Viewer window
Click the Close button in the Untitled – Notepad window
Click the Close button in the WINDOWS window

49. COPYING, MOVING, AND DELETING FILES IN WINDOWS
Copy and paste method
Clipboard

50. COPYING FILES BETWEEN FOLDERS
Click the Start button on the taskbar
Click My Computer on the Start menu
Double-click the LOCAL DISK (C:) icon in the My Computer window
Double-click the WINDOWS icon in the LOCAL DISK (C:) window

51. COPYING FILES BETWEEN FOLDERS
Scroll down the right pane of the WINDOWS window until the icons for the Coffee Bean, Gone Fishing, and Greenstone files are visible in the right pane. If one or more of these icons is not available in the WINDOWS window on your computer, display any other icons

52. Hold down the CTRL key and then click the Coffee Bean, Gone Fishing, and Greenstone icons. Release the CTRL key. Right-click any highlighted icon and then point to the Copy command on the shortcut menu

53. Click Copy. Scroll the left pane to display the Other Places area
Click Copy. Scroll the left pane to display the Other Places area. Point to My Documents in the Other Places area

54. Click My Documents and then point to the My Pictures icon in the right pane

55. Double-click the My Pictures icon
Double-click the My Pictures icon. Right-click an open area of the My Pictures window and then point to Paste on the shortcut menu

56. Click the Close button to close the My Pictures window
thumbnails view
Click Paste
Click the Close button to close the My Pictures window

57. DELETING FILES IN WINDOWS
Delete this file task
Delete option in the File menu
Shortcut menu
Recycle Bin

58. WINDOWS XP EXPLORER
Allows you to view the contents of the computer, including drives, folders, and files, in a hierarchical format

59. LAUNCHING WINDOWS XP EXPLORER
Click the Start button and then click My Computer on the Start menu. Maximize the My Computer window. Point to the Folders button on the Standard Buttons toolbar

60. Click the Folders button

62. WINDOWS EXPLORER Folders pane Hierarchical structure Minus sign
Folder bar
Hierarchical structure
Minus sign
Plus sign

63. EXPANDING DRIVES AND FOLDERS
Point to the plus sign in the small box to the left of the My Documents icon in the Folders pane

64. Click the plus sign

66. EXPANDING A DRIVE
Point to the plus sign in the small box to the left of the LOCAL DISK (C:) icon

67. Click the plus sign

69. DISPLAYING THE CONTENTS OF A FOLDER
Click the Shared Documents icon in the Folders pane

71. DISPLAYING THE CONTENTS OF AN EXPANDED DRIVE
Click the LOCAL DISK (C:) icon in the Folders pane

73. LAUNCHING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM FROM EXPLORER
Click the plus sign to the left of the Program Files icon in the Folders pane. Click the Internet Explorer icon in the Folders pane. Point to the IEXPLORE (Internet Explorer) icon in the right pane of the Internet Explorer window

74. Double-click the IEXPLORE icon

75. Click the Close button on the Welcome to MSN
Click the Close button on the Welcome to MSN.com - Microsoft Internet Explorer title bar

76. CLOSING FOLDER EXPANSIONS
Click the minus sign to the left of the Internet Explorer icon

77. Click the minus sign to the left of the Program Files icon

78. COPYING FILES IN WINDOWS XP EXPLORER
Click the WINDOWS icon in the Folders pane. Scroll the right pane to display the Prairie Wind icon. If the Prairie Wind file is not available, display another icon. Scroll the Folders pane to display the expanded My Documents entry

79. Right-drag the Prairie Wind icon onto the top of the My Pictures icon
Right-drag the Prairie Wind icon onto the top of the My Pictures icon. Point to Copy Here on the shortcut menu

80. Click Copy Here

81. DISPLAYING THE CONTENTS OF THE MY PICTURES FOLDER
Click the My Pictures icon in the Folders pane

83. RENAMING FILES AND FOLDERS
Right-click the Prairie Wind icon in the right pane and then point to Rename on the shortcut menu

84. Click Rename. Type Blue Prairie Wind and then press the ENTER key

86. DELETING FILES IN WINDOWS XP EXPLORER
Scroll the Folders pane to display the Recycle Bin icon. Right-drag the Greenstone icon to the Recycle Bin icon in the Folders pane and then point to Move Here on the shortcut menu

87. Click Move Here

89. REMOVING THE STATUS BAR
Click View on the menu bar
Click Statue Bar on the View menu

90. CLOSING WINDOWS XP EXPLORER
Click the Close button on the My Pictures window title bar

91. PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS
Properties describe objects

92. DRIVE PROPERTIES
Click the Start button and then click My Computer on the Start menu. Right-click the LOCAL DISK (C:) icon in the right pane of the My Computer window and then point to Properties on the shortcut menu

93. Click Properties and then point to the Cancel button

94. Click the Cancel button

95. DRIVE PROPERTIES Tools sheet Hardware sheet Sharing sheet
Gigabyte of RAM

96. DISPLAYING FOLDER PROPERTIES
Double-click the LOCAL DISK (C:) icon in the My Computer window. Right-click the WINDOWS icon and then point to Properties on the shortcut menu

97. Click Properties. Point to the Cancel button

98. Click the Cancel button. Close the LOCAL DISK (C:) window

99. MY PICTURES WINDOW Organize and share pictures with others
Stores pictures from digital cameras, scanners, and the hard drive
Tasks associated with the My Pictures folder

100. CREATING A FOLDER IN THE MY PICTURES FOLDER
Click the Start button. Click My Pictures on the Start menu. Point to Make a new folder in the File and Folder Tasks area

101. Click Make a new folder, type Bitmap Images in the icon title text box, and then press the ENTER key

103. MOVING FILES INTO THE BITMAP IMAGES FOLDER
Click the Coffee Bean icon, hold down the CTRL key, and then click the Gone Fishing and Blue Prairie Wind icons

104. Right-drag the Blue Prairie Wind icon to the Bitmap Images folder icon
Right-drag the Blue Prairie Wind icon to the Bitmap Images folder icon. Click Move Here on the shortcut menu

106. REFRESHING THE IMAGE ON A FOLDER
Right-click the Bitmap Images icon and point to Refresh Thumbnail on the shortcut menu

107. Click Refresh Thumbnail

109. VIEWING IMAGES IN FILMSTRIB VIEW OR AS A SLIDE SHOE
Filmstrip view
Slide Show
Double-click the Bitmap Images icon. Click View on the menu bar and then point to Filmstrip

110. Click Filmstrip

112. FILMSTRIP TOOLBAR

113. VIEWING IMAGES AS A SLIDE SHOW
Point to View as a slide show in the Picture Tasks area of the Bitmap Images window

114. Click View as a Slide Show
Click View as a Slide Show. Move the mouse to display the Slide Show toolbar

115. Click the Close the window button on the Slide Show toolbar to end the slide show

116. SLIDE SHOW TOOLBAR

117. CHANGING THE VIEW AND DISPLAYING THE MY PICTURES WINDOW
Click View on the menu bar and then click Thumbnails
Click My Pictures in the Other Places area in the left pane

118. SHARING A FOLDER Shared Documents folder Shared Music folder
Shared Pictures folder
Right-click the Bitmap Images icon in the right pane of the My Pictures window. Point to Copy on the shortcut menu

119. Click Copy. Point to Shared Pictures in the Other Places area

120. Click Shared Pictures. Right- click an open area of the Shared Pictures window and then point to Paste on the shortcut menu

121. Click Paste on the shortcut menu

123. REMOVING SHARING FROM A FOLDER
If necessary, select the Bitmap Images folder icon in the Shared Pictures window
Click Delete this folder in the File and Folder Tasks area
Click the Yes button in the Confirm Folder Delete dialog box
Click the Close button in the Shared Pictures window

124. E-MAILING A PICTURE Electronic mail (e-mail)
Click the Start button, click My Pictures on the Start menu, and double-click the Bitmap Images icon in the My Pictures window. Click the Gone Fishing icon to select the icon. Point to this file in the File and Folder Tasks area

125. Click E-mail this file. Point to the OK button in the Send Pictures via E-Mail dialog box

126. Click the OK button. Type StevenForsythe@msn. com in the To text box
Click the OK button. Type in the To text box. Select the message in the message area, type I thought you might like this picture for your collection. in the message area, and then point to the Send button on the toolbar

127. Click the Send button

128. Click the Close button in the Bitmap Images window

129. DELETING A FOLDER FROM THE MY PICTURES FOLDER
Click the Start button
Click My Pictures on the Start menu
Click the Bitmap Images folder to select the folder
Click Delete this folder in the File and Folder Tasks area
Click the Yes button in the Confirm Folder Delete dialog box
Click the Close button in the My Pictures window

130. FINDING FILES OR FOLDERS
Search Companion
Allows you to search for files and folders, pictures and music files, people, computers on a network, and information on the Internet

131. SEARCHING FOR A FILE BY NAME
Click the Start button on the taskbar. Point to Search on the Start menu

132. Click the Search button. Maximize the Search Results window
Click the Search button. Maximize the Search Results window. Point to All files and folders in the Search companion balloon

133. Click All files and folders
Click All files and folders. Type soap bubbles in the All or part of the file name text box. Point to the Search button

134. Click the Search button

135. When the Search is complete, point to Yes, finished searching

136. Click Yes, finished searching

137. Click the Close button on the Search Results window title bar

138. RUN COMMAND Located on the Start menu Used to launch programs
Useful when you want to launch an application program quickly
Path
Click the Start button on the taskbar and then point to Run

139. Click Run. Type notepad in the Open box in the Run dialog box and then point to the OK button

140. Click the OK button

141. Click the Close button on the Untitled – Notepad window title bar

142. LOGGING OFF FROM THE COMPUTER
Click the Start button on the taskbar
Click Log Off on the Start menu
Click the Log Off button in the Log Off Windows dialog box

143. TURNING OFF THE COMPUTER
Click the Turn off computer link on the Welcome screen
Click the Turn Off button in the Turn off computer dialog box

144. CHAPTER SUMMARY Display icons in various views in a window
View the contents of a drive and folder
Open a document and application program from a window
Cascade and tile open windows on the desktop
Copy, move, and delete files from open windows

145. CHAPTER SUMMARY Launch Windows XP Explorer
Expand drives and folders in Explorer
Display files and folders in Explorer
Display the contents of drives and folders in Explorer
Launch an application program from Explorer
Close folder expansions

146. CHAPTER SUMMARY Copy, rename, and delete files in Explorer
Close Explorer
Display drive and folder properties
View bitmap images in a filmstrip and as a slide show
files and share folders
Find files and folders using Search on the Start menu
Use the Run command

147. Project 3 Complete