Sheila Fredericks

File Management

Think of your computer as if

it were a file cabinet

ComputerC

D

Each file

drawer is a

computer

drive

So it looks like this:

C

D

F

E

Computer

Drive C is the hard drive

you’ll use most often

Inside

each drive

(file drawer)

are folders

So…Drive C might look something like

this: (It just means that there are lots of

folders in Drive C).

C=

That document you’re working on is

also called a file:

This is my

document.

It is also

called

a file.

So how do I save my document?

File

But WAIT! What are “libraries?”

Libraries

are shortcuts

that Microsoft

created to make

it easier to find

the most

used folders.

They are actually located in Drive

C

Every user

has a folder.

Within that folder

are the “libraries.”

But they’re

actually just

folders

To save a Word document file in your

“My Documents” folder

Click on the Office

button

Click on Save As

Click on Documents

Type in a new name

for your document

Click on the Save

button

BUT WAIT! I want to save on my

flash drive instead!

Click on the Office

button

Click on Save As

Scroll down to

Computer

Click on your flash

drive (the drive letter

may be different and

may not say flash drive)

Type in the new

document name

Click on the Save

button

That’s all there is to

file management!