Organizing Your Documents in Folders
This handout is divided into the following sections
I.
II.
III.
Creating Folders
Moving Documents into Folders
Renaming a Folder or Document
I. Creating Folders
To create a folder in your home directory, need to have the directory
open. You may click on the Start menu and click on My Documents,
or, if you are currently working in a
piece of software and want to create
a folder in which to save your
document, just pull down the File
menu, click on Save As … and make
sure that your login name appears in
the Save In window.
Once you see your home directory, simply right-click within
that window, slide your pointer over the word New, then slide
over to Folder and click.
A New Folder will appear in
your home directory. To
give it a name, click on it
once, wait a second, then click on it again so that the
words New Folder are highlighted in blue with a black box
around them. Don’t double-click, as double-clicking will open
the folder without your having named it. When you see the
blue highlighting, that always means you can simply start
typing and your typing will overwrite what is highlighted.
Now, just type a name for your folder, (e.g. Math Quizzes.) To save a document into this
folder, double-click it to open it and save your file.
II. Moving Documents into Folders.
To move a document into a folder, simply click on the icon for
the document and drag it over the folder until it turns blue. If the
folder is not visible, just drag in the direction of the folder until it
appears.
III. Renaming a Document or Folder
To rename a document or folder, repeat the process you used
for naming your new folder in Section I. Click on the name to
select it, wait a second, then click again so that the name is
highlighted in blue with a black box around it. Do not doubleclick, as this will open the document or folder.
When the name is highlighted, simply type the new name over
it. Clicking away from it or hitting the Enter key will “set” the
change.