Explorer exercises


Exercises
1.	Open the Windows Explorer on your computer. Note the My Documents and My Pictures folders. Minimize the Windows Explorer.
2.	Create a Microsoft Word document Open MS Word. Write a sentence that includes your last name. Save your file [File > Save As]. Name it practice (the doc extension will be added automatically) and save it in My Documents. Close MS Word.
3.	Save a picture. With your cursor on the animated gif (named atom.gif), right-click for a menu that includes "save picture as." Save the picture in My Pictures.
4.	Make sub-folders Open the Windows Explorer if it is not already open. In My Documents create a personal sub-folder named with your last name. In My Pictures create a personal sub-folder named with your last name.
5.	Move files To move a file, highlight the file name in the right frame, hit [control +x], then highlight the destination folder in the left frame and hit [control +v]. Move practice.doc into your My Documents/personal folder. Move atom.gif into your My Pictures/personal folder.
	Copy a file To copy a file, highlight the file name in the right frame and hit [control +c], then highlight the destination folder in the left frame and hit [control +v].
6.	Find a file Right-click on the Start button. Hit Search. "Look in" the whole C: drive. Find the file named practice.doc. Find the file that contains your last name. 2005 note: Finding files has become much easier with the advent of Desktop Search Engines. At home, you may want to install a desktop search.