1	Organize Your Computing Life Windows XP Tips & Tricks Steven Kieley Ewing SeniorNet
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3	Does this feel familiar? Have you ever saved a file only to come back later and not be able to find it? Do you feel like your computer put away a document you worked on in the wrong file drawer? Or, worse yet, spilled it onto the floor and it got thrown out?
4	First…… Make your computer show all its files You can’t be organized if you can’t see the files that are there Microsoft believes most users can’t handle this knowledge and make the default setting “hidden” for certain types Make sure you can see the full directory paths
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10	Some Clarifications “My Documents” means “The User’s Documents” “Shared Documents” means “All Users’ Documents” Desktop contents vary by user
11	How the Computer is Organized Is it really? XP “hierarchal” screens can be confusing Although designed to make it easy to use Sometimes can lead to misunderstanding
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19	How Windows Displays It
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21	How Windows Displays It
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23	“Orphan” Files Result From: Saving documents and not paying attention to what the dialog box says Downloading from the internet Installing programs and accepting the default installation location
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29	My Recent Documents Use if you want quick access on a repetitive basis to a new file Needs to be added to your start menu Right click on “start”>”properties”
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37	How the Computer Really Sees It
38	Get Rid of File Clutter Creating Renaming Copying and Moving Deleting and Restoring Finding
39	Creating New Folders & Files Open My Documents
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43	Get Rid of the File Clutter Creating Renaming Copying and Moving Deleting and Restoring Finding
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45	Get Rid of the File Clutter Creating Renaming Copying and Moving Deleting and Restoring Finding
46	Copying and Moving Pick Your Method Use the Edit Menu Edit > Copy; Edit > Paste Or Edit > Cut; Edit > Paste Drag and Drop (left click) Hold down Control to copy Use the Folder Tasks Window
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48	Copying and Moving Pick Your Method Use the Edit Menu Edit > Copy; Edit > Paste Or Edit > Cut; Edit > Paste Drag and Drop (left click) Hold down Control to copy Use the Folder Tasks Window Use Right Click and Resulting Menu
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51	Get Rid of the File Clutter Creating Renaming Copying and Moving Deleting and Restoring Finding
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59	Summary To Get Organized…. Show your hidden files and directories Be familiar with the hierarchal structure (it’s easy) Use “My Recent Documents” Be alert when saving or downloading files Feel free to search, move, copy, delete, restore Attend a SeniorNet class