Windows Explorer Project
Your first major project of the year is to demonstrate how to effectively use Windows Explorer. This will count as a test grade, so you must work quickly and accurately to complete this project.
DUE DATE: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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DUE DATE: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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Windows ExplorerWindows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95onwards. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is also the component of the operating system that presents many user interface items on the monitor such as the taskbar and desktop.
WHY ORGANIZE? Do your parents ever tell you to clean your room? They probably tell you that so you can keep track of all your stuff so you don't accidentally lose it or break it. The same thing is true with computers. It's important to organize all your digital information or else you might accidentally lose it. When you're working with computers, you tend to make a lot of files, especially if you've had that computer for a long time. If you don't find a way to organize those files, you will have a very difficult time finding a certain file later on. Fortunately, Windows Explorer has an easy way for you to organize your files in folders, similar to folders that you put paper in, only instead of paper, you're using files. You can put as many files as you want into a folder. You can also put as many folders as you want inside another folder. WINDOWS EXPLORER EXAMPLE Mr. Hawkins pays all his bills online and when he's done, he prints a digital receipt, in the form of a PDF file. Where does he put all these files? In folders, of course! It works like this. There is one folder in the My Documents folder called "Finances". Inside the Finances folder, there are a bunch of folders, one for each year. So, there's a 2009, a 2010, 2011 and 2012 folder. Inside of each of these folders, there are more folders: one for each type of bill Mr. Hawkins pays. So, there's an Electric Bill folder, and a T-Mobile Bill folder, and a Credit Card folder and a Car Payment folder. So, when Mr. Hawkins prints a receipt for his car payment, he puts that in the following location: My Documents --> Finances --> 2012 --> Car Payment -->januaryreceipt.pdf |
HOW TO ACCESS WINDOWS EXPLORER
1st Option: Right-click on "Start" --> "Explorer" 2nd Option: "WinKey + E" 3rd Option: Double-click on "My Documents" --> Click on "Folders" on the menu bar |
How to Use Windows Explorer
Intro to Windows ExplorerMoving and Copying Files |
Windows Explorer in Applications |