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Using the scrollbar , we've moved to the top of the folder tree (left pane).
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When you create a new file or folder, you'll generally put it under My Documents . Putting all of you data under one folder makes it easy to back up.
(Backing up a file or folder means copying it off of your hard disk to some other storage device, in case your hard disk breaks. Backing up files and folders is covered in a later tutorial).
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Here My Documents has been opened. The content of My Documents will be different on your machine.
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In the right pane, we can see a list of files and folders in My Documents. One of these is "A test document.rtf ", which we created in a previous tutorial.
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This document has a Microsoft Word icon next to it, which means that if we double-click on it, Microsoft Word will open with the document.
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We can create a new folder in My Documents by right-clicking in the right pane. A popup menu appears.
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In you hold the mouse over New, a submenu appears. Click on Folder .
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A new folder appears. The folder is called "New Folder", is highlighted in dark blue, and has a blinking cursor. You can enter a new name by hitting the backspace key and then typing in a name.
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Here we have renamed the folder to "My Notes".
You can also rename a folder at any time by right-clicking and then choosing Rename from the popup menu.
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Hitting the Refresh button (1) causes the new folder (2 ) to be shown in sorted order with the other files.
Hitting the F5 key on your keyboard will also cause the display to refresh.
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Next we'll double-click on the My Notes folder (in the right pane).
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The My Notes folder contents (empty) are showing in the right pane, as indicated in the title (2). The left pane shows that My Notes is selected by displaying an open folder icon for My Notes (1 ).
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We can make another subfolder inside My Notes. Right-click anywhere in the right pane, then click New > Folder.
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Here a new folder has been created, and the name has been changed to "Short memos".
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Here we've double-clicked on Short memos, and the left pane is showing that Short memos is open (selected, arrow 1) and the right pane is showing the title (arrow 2 ) of Short memos (and the content, empty).
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Not only can you create a new folder with the popup menu, you can also create a new file.
Normally, you'll create files from programs, as was shown in a previous tutorial. But for now, let's create some new files in Windows Explorer as a demonstration. These new files will be used in the next tutorial: Copying and Deleting files.
Display the popup menu by right-clicking in the right pane. Hold the mouse over New. A list of file types appears.
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If we choose Text Document a new text file is created as shown.
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Here four more new text documents have been created. As indicated, these files have a size of 0 bytes (they are empty). Double-clicking on one of these files will open the associated program (Notepad).
In the next tutorial, we'll see how to move, copy and delete these files.
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