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1 File Management How to stay organized

2 Cluttered Bedroom

3 Organized Bedroom

4 Where’s the Salt & Pepper?

5 I found it. This is a lot easier.

6 What is the problem with these photos?
They’re all gross. People are weird Organization is so much better They might be related to me

7 Good Job! Just like in real life organizing your things, organizing your files is very important. This is called File Management Organizing your Files into Folders will help you stay organized and your assignments will not get lost.

8 File: A collection of data or information that has a name, called the filename. Almost all information stored in a computer must be in a file. There are many different types of files: data files, text files , program files, directory files, and so on. Different types of files store different types of information. For example, program files store programs, whereas text files store text. Files

9 Folders: used to organized your files and other folders
Subfolder: folder inside another folder Folder Subfolder Folder Subfolder

10 Create Folders Go To Documents Right Click New Folder Name Folder

11 Computer Technology Folder Word Processing Spreadsheets Presentations
Other Sub Folders

12 How to delete File/Folder
Right click while file is selected Delete Select File Click delete button on keyboard OR Select File Click Organize Click Delete

13 How to rename file/folder
Right click file/folder Select Rename Select File Click again on file; OR Select File Click Organize Click Rename

14 File Extensions the last three or four characters after the period that make up an entire file name. The file extension helps the operating system determine which program on your computer the file is associated with. Examples .doc/.docx – Microsoft Word .ppt/.pptx – Microsoft PowerPoint .xls/.xlsx – Microsoft Excel .pdf – Portable Document File

15 File Corruption Refers to a file that has been damaged in some way.

16 Multitasking Working on 2 or more Programs at the same time.

17 Save/Save As Save: Save As: Save in existing location.
Save in a new location or with a new name.

18 To Select Files CTRL (Control) Shift Chapter2.doc Chapter2.doc
Selects files that are not adjacent to each other Chapter2.doc Chapter3.doc Chapter4.doc Chapter5.doc Shift Selects files that are adjacent to each other Chapter2.doc Chapter3.doc Chapter4.doc Chapter5.doc

19 CTRL

20 Shift

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