Manage your files and folders

Create a New Folder

  1. Open Windows Explorer
  2. Navigate to where you want to create the new folder
  3. Click the New Folder button

    new folder
  4. Type the folder name
  5. Press Enter

Change your folder view

If you have a lot of files in a folder it is be useful to view your files as a List or showing Details (date modified, type, size).

  1. Open Windows Explorer
  2. Click the Change your view button

    folder view
  3. Choose how you want to view files

    how to view files

Preview a document

  1. Open Windows Explorer
  2. Select a document (including a spreadsheet or presentation)
  3. Click the Preview Pane button

    preview documents
  4. Some files may be slow to preview
  5. Click the Preview Pane button again to hide the preview pane

Use Favorites

Favorites show at the top of Windows Explorer in the Navigation pane. You can use Favorite folders when you:

  • Open a file
  • Save a file
  • Add an attachment to email

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Add a Favorite folder

1. Navigate to the folder you want to add so that it shows in the Address Ba

address bar- favourites

2. Right click on Favorites

3. Choose Add current location to Favorites

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