Step 2.3 - Creating and renaming folders and files

THE DOCUMENTS FOLDER

The DOCUMENTS folder that is placed on the desktop, it is an example of folder.
The folders are simple containers (initially empty) that can contain files and other folders.

CREATING A FOLDER

By the following instructions, a new folder will be created inside the Documents folder.

1a - Access the “Documents” folder by a double click on the “Documents” icon on the Desktop. Or,
1b - click the “Start” button and click on the “Documents” entry.
2 - Click with the right key on an empty point of the window
3 - from the context menu, move the pointer on “New”

4 - Click on “Folder”.

A new icon will appear with the name “New Folder” underlined.

5 - Type on the keyboard My exercises.

6 - Click ENTER (from keyboard) or click on an empty point of the window).

CREATING A FILE

All the documents, drawings, calculations, files that you create with the computer; they can be saved on the disk drives.
All these creations generically are called FILES.
Not only your creations but all data contained in the disk drives (from the operating system to the programs) are in the form of files.
In order to create a file you can:
create it after having run a program (see Step 3.3),
or you can directly create one void in a folder in the following way. From your just created folder “My exercises”,
access the folder “My exercises” by a double click on it.
1 - Click with the right key on an empty point of the window
2 - from the context menu, set the pointer on “New”.

It opens a submenu on which the types of file that you can create are listed.

3 - Click on the entry “Text Document” to create a simple empty text document. Or, what you are creating is a white sheet in which you will be able subsequently to write some text.
A new icon will appear with the name “New Text Document”.

4 - Type by the keyboard My first file.

5 - Press Enter (by keyboard) or click on an empty point of the window.
Now you can open the file created by a double-click and start writing on it.

RENAMING FILES AND FORLDERS

In order to rename files or folders, you can use (as for almost all the commands) different methods. First method:
1 - click with the right key of the mouse on the file or folder that you want to rename (for example “My first file”)
2 - from the context menu click on “Rename”.

3 - Type by the keyboard the new filename (for example: “My diary”).

4 - Click on an empty point of the window, or press the ENTER key.

Second method (even simpler!):
1 - click on the file or folder that you want to rename
2 - wait for a second (if you don't wait, the file or folder will open)
3 - click on the filename or folder
4 - type by the keyboard the new filename (for instance: yourdiary)
5 - click on an empty point of the window, or press the ENTER key.