Navigating through a folder
Part 3, File and Folder Management
Lesson 1
Navigating through
a folder list
Every file and folder on your computer is stored in a main folder called the C: Drive. This drive is also called your hard-drive. All drives are located in the "This PC" folder. You can find this folder on your desktop if your computer was set up correctly. A quick way to get to this folder is to press the letter T until you get to that title and press enter. Now down arrow and you can hear all the drives you have on your computer. The first three or four titles are the drives. You have a few more icons that take you to other places as well. Depending on how your folders are told to show, you may need to left or right arrow to hear other titles.
When you enter on a folder name, the folder then is opened and the titles are listed next. If you want to back up one folder, press the backspace key. You will return to the previous folder and the titles will be listed again. As you arrow down through the titles, only the title that you hear is selected and will receive action to a command that is given. For example, if you hear "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and you press the delete key, only "Mary Had a Little Lamb" will be deleted. These actions are the same for any folder you open.
One last thing. The main folder you will be working out of is called " Documents". This may also be found on the desktop. This is the folder where most files you create or save to your hard-drive will be stored. Mainly Microsoft Word. You can change the folder where you save files if you want to and the steps to do this will follow soon.
Below are some quick navigational commands that you can use within a folder.
Moving around in a folder
- Move up or down or left or right to locate files.
- A quick way to find a file is by pressing the first letter of that file. Continue pressing that letter until you hear the file you are trying to find.
- Enter opens any file in focus.
- Pressing quickly the first two letters of a title will jump even more closer to the title you want. It will skip all the other files that start with the first letter you pressed and go to the first title that start with those two letters.
- Press the Home key on the six pack will jump you back to the top of the list.
- Pressing the number 7 key on the number pad is usually the Home key as well if your num-lock key is in the off position.
- The opposite of the Home key is the End key. Pressing that will jump you to the end of the list of all titles.
- AltF4, will close your folder list and return you to the last window you were in before you opened Documents.
End of lesson