File Management HW Instructions
1. Open your File Explorer (Start>W>Windows System>File Explorer or by using the
Windows key on the keyboard and pressing the E or click the File Explorer icon on the
taskbar).
2. Select the drive where you are going to save your work. If you are working on your
personal computer, you can save your work on the C drive. If you are using a campus
computer, save your work on the H drive.
3. Open your Users file and add a new folder named ABUS. Once you have this set up you
will be able to drill down to your homework quite easily and keep your homework
organized.
4. In the ABUS folder, add 4 folders: 1 Begin Here, 2 Word, 3 Excel, and 4 PowerPoint.
5. Under the 1 Begin Here folder you will save all the work you do the first week of class
and will need no additional subfolders.
6. Under the 2 Word folder add 4 folders: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3 and Application Exam.
7. Under the 3 Excel Folder add 5 folders: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4 and Application
Exam. (Use copy and paste to save time and avoid typing errors.)
8. Under the 4 PowerPoint Folder add 4 folders: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3 and Application
Project.
9. Minimize the Computer Window to the task bar.
10. Open a blank Word Document.
11. File Explorer is on the task bar. Click the icon to open File Explorer and maximize it, so it
fills your entire working screen.
12. Adjust the Navigation Pane to display all the files you created for this class.
13. On your keyboard, locate the Print Screen key and press it once.
14. Minimize File Explorer down to the task bar again.
15. On the blank Word Document, right click and select Paste. A picture of your Computer
Window will be pasted in the Word document.
16. Save the Word Document in your 1 Begin Here folder as File Management‐Your last name
(i.e. File Management‐Hough). (File tab, Save As option, Computer, Browse and locate
the 1 Begin Here folder you just set up. Open the 1 Begin Here folder, change the File
name from Doc 1 to File Management‐Your last name by typing in the name box. Click
Save)
17. Submit the saved document in Moodle.