LESSON FOUR: MY COMPUTER
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Introduction. The My Computer program stores all the
programs, files and folders of the cpu.
Lesson Objective. This lesson
introduces you to the My Computer program. You will learn how to access the
different files stored on your computer.
In This Lesson. This
lesson contains exercises for the following topics:
Topic
1: Locating The Drives
Topic
2: Working With Folders
Topic
3: Moving Files
1.
The My Computer program is like a filing cabinet
with several drawers.
2.
The My Computer program has many drawers called
drives in computer language.
3.
The most important drive and the one we will use
often is called the C drive.
4.
The computer will call the C drive (C:) This is where information for the computer is stored.
5.
To move to the (C:) drive
use the arrow keys until you hear (C:).
6.
Press enter to open the (C:)
drive.
7.
There will many items called folders inside this
drive.
8.
Use the arrow keys or the first letter to locate the
folder that you want.
9.
Open the folder with the Enter key.
10.
There will many items called files inside this
folder.
11.
Use the arrow keys or the first letter to locate the
file that you want.
12.
This is how you open a file, even if you saved it in
Microsoft Word.
13.
Another drive that My Computer has is the floppy
drive called (A:).
14.
This drive reads the floppy disks.
15.
In order to activate this drive you must start My
Computer from the beginning.
16.
Instead of opening the C drive, this time you will
open the floppy drive.
17.
The floppy disk must be in the computer before
starting this drive.
18.
After starting this drive, you will be able to read
everything on the floppy disk.
1.
It is important to create folders so that your files
are stored safely.
2.
To create a folder on the hard drive, you must start
My Computer from the beginning.
3.
Locate the C drive and open it with the Enter key.
4.
There is a section inside every program called the
menu bar.
5.
It is near the top and allows us to do some commands
related to the particular program.
6.
Move to the menu bar by pressing the Alt key once.
7.
You should hear file, if you are using JAWS.
8.
Press the down arrow to open this file item.
9.
Continue pressing the down arrow until you hear new
sub menu.
10.
New might be the first one at the top or halfway
down.
11.
Press enter once on new submenu.
12.
Press enter again to create a new folder.
13.
After creating a folder you have to give it a name.
14.
Type a name and press enter.
15.
You have just created a new folder.
16.
To delete a folder, locate the folder first using
the arrow keys or the first letter.
17.
Then press the Alt key to move to the menu bar.
18.
Open the file item with the down arrow.
19.
Press the down arrow to move down to the delete
item.
20.
Press enter.
21.
The computer will ask you if you are sure that you
would like to delete.
22.
Press Y for yes.
23.
Your folder has just been deleted.
24.
To change the name for the folder, locate the folder
first.
25.
Then press the Alt key to move to the menu bar.
26.
Open the file item with the down arrow.
27.
Press the down arrow several times to move to the
rename item.
28.
Press enter.
29.
Type the new name.
30.
Press enter.
31.
Your folder has just been renamed.
1.
You can copy an entire item or folder, make a
duplicate and move it to a new location.
2.
To copy an item, first open the C drive.
3.
Then open the folder inside the C drive that conains the particular file that will be copied.
4.
Then press the Alt key to move to the menu bar.
5.
Press the right arrow until you move to the edit
item on the menu bar.
6.
Press the down arrow until you hear the copy item.
7.
Press enter.
8.
The item will now be copied.
9.
Exit My Computer with Alt and F4.
10.
Open My Computer again.
11.
To paste an item, first open the C drive.
12.
Then open the folder inside the C drive where you
would like to paste the item.
13.
Move to the menu bar with the alt key.
14.
Press the right arrow to move to the edit item.
15.
Press the down arrow to move to the paste item.
16.
Press enter.
17.
The item will be placed in the current area.
18.
There will now be two copies of the item.
1.
Create a folder called lessons using the My Computer
program.
2.
Remember to open the C drive before creating the
folder.
1.
Read the contents of the floppy disk.
1.
Find your newly created folder called lessons.
2.
Change the name of the folder to computers.
3.
Then delete the folder Computers.
1.
Create a new folder called practice using My
Computer.
2.
Using the copy and paste command, copy the folder
and paste it into My Documents.
This is the end of
this lesson. Please inform the instructor when you are ready to move on.
