![]() ![]() From here, you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate down further if necessary, to get to the desired file. Your OS ("Operating System" you have to know the lingo somewhat so your computer will believe that you know what you're doing!) will take you to that file or one with a similar name. When you're looking through a folder full of files and sub-folders, if you know the name of the file, type (quickly now!) the first few letters of the file name. As I found this painful to watch, I thought I'd best help him out with this tip I'm about to share with you. Once he found the file, he would reach for the mouse and (*gasp!*) double-click it. He would scroll down, looking for the one file he wanted. I once worked with a guy who often had to search through a folder containing about 50 or 60 Word documents. (And now, back to our thrilling narrative. if I could just get her to hide that Start menu. ![]() You should also note that the one folder there on the bottom right belongs to her (now ex-) boyfriend.įinally, you should note that the dock is normally invisible, and only appears when you mouse over it. Soon it looked like the screenshot above. Before I showed her how to use it, her desktop looked very similar to that bad example screenshot in that second picture up there. Object Dock is a Windows version of the Mac OS X dock. I downloaded for her this freeware program called Object Dock. Yes, I am a bit of a Farscape fan why do you ask?īelow is a picture of my roomie's desktop: If you don't practice apfeaeiip, your desktop could look like this: Got articles? Put them inside another folder called Articles inside that My Junque folder (or whatever you called it).Īs an example - though not necessarily a good one - here is what my iBook's Desktop looks like these days: ![]() Got pictures? Put them in inside another folder called Pictures inside that My Junque folder (or whatever you called it). Got music? Put it inside another folder called Music inside that My Junque folder (or whatever you called it). I think this pretty much says it all about the Dos and Don'ts of file organization. and type your name (I like to use Glen's Junque a lot). ![]() To do this, open the My Documents folder, right click in an empty space, select New, then select Folder. What this means is you should save everything you do in one (or more!) folder(s) in the My Documents folder with your name on it. This is an acronym, which breaks down to A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place. This method also works with wild animals and children - most of the time - but that's a subject best saved for another time.Īrthur Naiman, in the 4th edition of The Macintosh Bible explains a file organization scheme he called apfeaeiip. Once this happens, it is inevitable that something will go wrong.įortunately, if you appear to know what you're doing, this fools the computer into believing that you are in control, thereby lessening the computer's desire to, shall we say, have its way with you, metaphorically speaking. Once they know you are afraid, it's just a matter of time before they begin to feed on that fear. Computers, like wild animals (and most kids), can smell fear. Whether it's a fear of doing something wrong, or the most common fear most Windows users have: "It's working-! For God's sake, don't touch anything!", most users have some measure of fear when it comes to computers. If you're like most computer users, you probably do. The Court Reporting Student's Guide to Computers ![]()
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