Files & Folders:
Views - Win98
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For different tasks you need different views of the drives and folders that are on your computer. In Win98, there two types of windows with several views for each: My Computer and Explorer. Most tasks having to do with files and folders can be done from either type of window. Each has advantages in certain situations and there are a few things that are special to each. We will look at the basics, so keep in mind that there are more ways to do things and more options exist than we can cover in this lesson. My Computer and Explorer windows both allow you to sort the contents in different ways and to display the contents list in different ways. Views in WinXP and in Windows Vista are similar but the window is different. |
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Folders are listed first, then files. The Large and Small Icon views list items alphabetically going across the window. The List and Details views list items alphabetically down the column.
Explorer Window
An Explorer
window shows the folder tree, which shows you how all the
drives and folders, are related to one
another - which folders contain which other folders. Files do not show
in the folder tree.
Explorer is quite useful when you are copying or moving files between folders because you see where you are putting things!!
Advantage: No stacks of different windows when you navigate through the folder tree.
Disadvantage: You can only see the contents of one
folder at a time, unless you open a new window yourself.
Explorer can use all of the same views as My Computer. The default view is Details.
There are two panes in an Explorer window. The left pane contains the folder tree, which shows visually how the drives and folders are related to each other.
means that the
drive or folder has subfolders in it.
means that this drive or folder has
been expanded in the folder tree, to display
all its subfolders.
The right pane shows the
contents of the drive or folder that is selected on the left. The name of
the selected drive or folder is at the top of the right pane. In the case
of a folder, the icon will change to
an open folder.
The display for the right pane can be changed to use any of the views that My Computer windows used: Large Icons, Small Icons, List, Details, Web. The new view affects the right pane only.
Normally the contents of the right pane are sorted alphabetically by name, with folders being listed first. Windows will remember your choice of view for this folder for awhile. Windows can only memorize a certain number folders. As you work with other folders, the choices for this folder will move to the bottom of the stack and finally be discarded.
You can sort based on the name, the size, the type, or the date modified . These are the column titles in the right pane. You can just click on a column title to sort. Or you can use the menu- > > , for example.
In the Step-by-Step lessons, you will use My Computer windows first. Then you will work in Explorer windows. You will undo a lot of what you do in these exercises since they are just practice right now. Don't get dizzy!
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~~ 1 Cor. 10:31 ...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~~ |
Double-clicking
the My Computer icon on the Desktop opens a window that shows your drives.
Opening one of the drives or folders in a My Computer window will open a new
window, by default. You can quickly get a large pile of windows. This could
clutter up your screen, but it is useful sometimes to have a separate window for
each folder you want to look at.
