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To create a folder:
1In Windows XP, click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu.
- OR -
In Windows 2000, double-click the 
My Computer icon on the desktop.
2Double-click the drive where you want to put the new folder. Typically, 
Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is your optional 
diskette drive. If you do not see the contents of the drive, click 
Show the 
contents of this drive
.
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To copy a file or folder to another folder:
1Locate the file or folder you want to copy. For more information, see 
“Viewing drives” on page 49 and “Searching for files” on page 56.
2Right-click (press the right touchpad button) the file or folder that you 
want to copy. A pop-up menu opens on the desktop.
3Click Copy on the pop-up menu.
4Open the destination folder.
5With the pointer inside the destination folder, right-click.
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Deleting files and folders
When you throw away paper files and folders, you take them from the file 
cabinet and put them in a trash can. Eventually the trash can is emptied.
In Windows, you throw away files and folders by first moving them to the 
Windows trash can, called the Recycle Bin, where they remain until you decide 
to empty the bin.
You can recover any file in the Recycle Bin as long as the bin has not been 
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To recover files or folders from the Recycle Bin:
1Double-click the Recycle Bin icon. The Recycle Bin window opens and lists 
the files and folders you have thrown away since you last emptied it.
2Click the files or folders that you want to restore. For instructions on how 
to select multiple files and folders, see “Shortcuts” on page 63.
3Click File, then click Restore. Windows returns the deleted files or folders 
to their original locations.
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Windows drives, folders, and files are organized in the same way as a real file 
cabinet in that they may have many levels (usually many more levels than a 
file cabinet, in fact). So you usually will have to search through levels of folders 
to find the file or folder that you need. This is called browsing.
To browse for a file:
1In Windows XP, click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer 
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Searching for files
If you are looking for a particular file or folder or a set of files or folders that 
have characteristics in common, but you do not remember where they are 
stored on your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by:
■Name or part of a name
■Creation date
■Modification date
■File type
■Text contained in the file
■Time period in which it was created or modified
You can also combine search criteria to refine searches.
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Using the Windows Search utility
To find files and folders using the Search utility:
1In Windows XP, click Start, then click Search. The Search Results window 
opens. Click 
All files and folders.
- OR -
In Windows 2000, click 
Start, Search, then click For Files or Folders. The 
Search Results window opens.
2If you want to search by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file 
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3Click Search or Search Now. When the search is completed, Windows lists 
the files and folders whose names contain the text that you searched for.
4Open a file, folder, or program by double-clicking the name in the list.
Using advanced search options
Search can find files meeting more criteria than file name. You can narrow your 
search by selecting the search options that you want. You can search by the:
■Date the file was created or modified.
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Working with documents
Computer documents include word processing files, spreadsheet files, or other 
similar files. The basic methods of creating, saving, opening, and printing a 
document apply to most of these types of files.
The following examples show how to create, save, open, and print a document 
using Microsoft
® WordPad. Similar procedures apply to other programs such 
as WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
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Saving a document
After you create a document, you need to save it if you want to use it later.
To save a document:
1Click File, then click Save. The Save As dialog box opens.
2Click the arrow button to open the Save in list, then click the folder where 
you want to save the file. If you do not see the folder you want, browse 
through the folders listed below the Save in list.
3Type a new file name in the File name box.
4Click Save.
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