Folders and why you might want to use them

Tips by Maggie Dickow

Having an organized desktop (life?).

How long does it take you to find last year's Chapter 3 Assignment Sheet, test, quiz, or notes? Yes, you did save what was created last year and it wasn't too bad, but you did leave yourself a few notes for improvements. Now if you could just find it in that list of stuff you have on the hard drive. Creating folders for "My Documents" could be the answer to quicker searches. Folders can be created for whatever topic suits your purposes. No one can tell you how best to organize your work, by class, by grade, by semester, by topic, any of these would be reasonable organizers. Something, anything that would help you find things faster would be an improvement.
 

To create a new folder

Go to "Save as"

Click on "Create New Folder" (3rd yellow folder on toolbar)

Name the new folder, click "OK"

Name the document to be saved in that folder, click "OK"
 

Create a new folder for existing documents

Go to "Save as"

Click on "Create New Folder"

Name the new folder, click "OK"

Find a file you wish to place in the new folder

Right double click on that file, choose cut and click

Left double click on the new folder

Right click anywhere in that box

Choose paste and click
 
 

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