File Maintenance; Searching For Files; Creating New Folders - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 7479 Reference Manual

File Maintenance

Searching for
In Windows you can search for files or folders by entering a complete or partial
Files
name, the date the file was created, or the file type or size.
To search for a file or folder, complete the following steps:
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Creating New
Microsoft Windows allows you to create folders to organize your files. For example,
Folders
you can create a folder and name it Budget99. In this folder you could store all of
your files related to expenses, profits, taxes, and so forth.
To create a folder, complete the following steps:
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Introducing Microsoft Windows
From the Windows Taskbar, click the Start button.
Point to Find and choose File or Folders.
From the Name & Location tab, type the name of the file or folder, or as much as
you can remember, in the Named box.
From the Look in box, select the location to be searched.
Click the Include subfolders checkbox.
From the Date tab, you can specify All Files, or Find all files and provide a time
frame in which the file was created or modified.
From the Advanced tab, you can specify the type of document to search for or
the size of the document.
Click Find Now.
Right-click the Start button and choose Explore from the Shortcut menu to open
Windows Explorer.
From Windows Explorer click the drive where you want to place the new folder
so that it is selected.
Right-click in Explorer and choose New from the Shortcut menu.
Choose Folder.
Type a name for the new folder and press Enter.
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