1. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 1 Microsoft Windows XP Organizing Files with Windows Explorer Tutorial 3

2. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 2 Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a program included with Windows XP that is designed to simplify file management tasks

3. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 3 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

4. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 4 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:

5. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 5 The Folders Pane Displaying Folders on Drive A

6. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 6 Selecting an Object in the Folders Pane To select a device or folder, you must click its icon, not its plus or minus box

7. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 7 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

8. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 8 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

9. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 9 Adjusting the Width of the Explorer Bar

10. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 10 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

11. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 11 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

12. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 12 Printing the Windows Explorer Window

13. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 13 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

14. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 14 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

15. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 15 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

16. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 16 Copying a File to the Hard Disk and then to a Different Floppy Disk

17. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 17 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

18. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 18 Adding Files to the Favorites Pane

19. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 19 Organizing the Favorites Pane

20. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 20 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

21. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 21 Viewing Your File History The History pane displays a history of the files and objects that you’ve opened recently Like the Folders pane, the History pane is available on the Explorer Bar

22. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 22 Other Views in the History Pane

23. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 23 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

24. XP Tutorial 3 New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP 24 Searching for Files in Windows Explorer