Searching For Files; Creating New Folders - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 1700 Reference Manual

Searching for Files

In Windows you can search for files or folders by entering a complete or partial
name, the date the file was created, or the file type or size.
To search for a file or folder, complete the following steps:
1. From the Windows Taskbar, click the Start button.
2. Point to Find and choose File or Folders.
3. From the Name & Location tab, type the name of the file or folder, or as much
as you can remember, in the Named box.
4. From the Look in box, select the location to be searched.
5. Click the Include subfolders checkbox.
6. 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.
7. From the Advanced tab, you can specify the type of document to search for or
the size of the document.
8. Click Find Now.

Creating New Folders

Microsoft Windows allows you to create folders to organize your files. For
example, 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:
1. Right-click the Start button and choose Explore from the Shortcut menu to
open Windows Explorer.
2. From Windows Explorer, click the drive where you want to place the new
folder so that it is selected.
3. Right-click in Explorer and choose New from the Shortcut menu.
4. Choose Folder.
5. Type a name for the new folder and press Enter.
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