Activity

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BRIDGE COURSEofINFORMATION COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY

• Activity 4Working with directory structure in
  the operating system

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Objective s of the activity

• Students will be able to learn
• To open file and folder.
• To copy and move file.
• To delete a file.
• To organize documents, pictures and videos in
  different libraries.

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What is a file?
A file is an item that contains informationfor
example, text or pictures or music.
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Files are represented by icons.
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What is a folder?

• A folder is a container you can use to store
  files in.
• If you had thousands of papers on your desk, you
  would like to store them in a folder. On your
  computer, folders work the same way and store the
  files.

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Look at the folder icons
An empty folder (left) a folder containing files
(right)
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• Folders can also store other folders.
• A folder within a folder is usually called
  a subfolder.
• You can create any number of subfolders, and each
  can hold any number of files and additional
  subfolders.

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To open the Documents, Pictures, or Music
libraries, click the Start button   , and
then click Documents, Pictures, or Music.
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Using libraries to access your files and folders
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Using libraries to access your files and folders

• Documents library. Use this library to organize
  and arrange word-processing documents,
  spreadsheets, presentations, and other
  text-related files.
• Pictures library. Use this library to organize
  and arrange your digital pictures, whether you
  get them from your camera, scanner, or in e-mail
  from other people. 
• Music library. Use this library to organize and
  arrange your digital music, such as songs. 
• Videos library. Use this library to organize and
  arrange your videos, such as clips from your
  digital camera or camcorder, or video files that
  you download from the Internet.

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Finding files

• use the search box to find your file. Press the
  start button to get this dialog.

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Renaming a file right click the folder and
select the rename option
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Create a new folder
Press the right mouse button in the window and
menu will appear. Go to new, in that submenu,
click to folder.
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Copying and moving files and folders

• copy and move files using a method called drag
  and drop.
• Select the folder by left click of mouse.
• Open the folder by double click of mouse
• Start by opening the folder that contains the
  file or folder you want to move.
• open the folder where you want to move it to in a
  different window.
• drag the file or folder from the first folder to
  the second folder.

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Removing a file

• When you no longer need a file, you can remove it
  from your computer
• To delete a file, open the folder or library that
  contains the file, and then select the file.
• Press Delete on your keyboard and then, in
  the Delete File dialog box, click Yes.

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Viewing and arranging files and folders

• When you open a folder or library, you can change
  how the files look in the window.
• For example, you might prefer larger (or smaller)
  icons or a view that lets you see different kinds
  of information about each file. 

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Viewing and arranging files and folders
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On the Desktop, Double click on the computer
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What is a c

• C drive as a large File Cabinet drawer.
• Think of the directories as the dividers in that
  drawer i.e. (bills, receipts, insurance, etc)
• Think of the sub folders in the directory as file
  folders within/behind the dividers in the file
  drawer.

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How the file system on your computer work? And
how to locate file?

• Go to start , then right click on start.

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What can you see on the screen?
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Click on the c and it will be highlighted as
shown.
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Click on the c drive and observe the left pane.
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In this example you will see that when you click
on the sign it changes to
a sign and shows all the directories or
folders on the C drive. The result shows the
Program Files
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File format
A file format is a standard way that information
is encoded for storage in a computer file.
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What is the meaning of different icons shown
below?
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Different file types
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How different files are identified? through
their extensions

• Filename such as tutorial.txt has .txt extension.
• Extensions are three letters or numbers that
  appear at the end of a file name and indicate
  what type of file it is. What the file is used
  for.

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References

• http//windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/workin
  g-with-files-and-folders
• http//www.bellcrest.net/Tutorials/filestructure.h
  tml
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats