= CHAPTER 1 Windows 7 More Skills 12 Use Libraries to Organize Files A library is a collection of files and folders stored in different locations on your computer that can be viewed as a single folder. You can create your own libraries and then copy or move files to that library. To complete this project, you will need the following folder: Windows 7 You will save your files as: Lastname_Firstname_w7_Library1 Lastname_Firstname_w7_Library2 1. If needed, insert your USB flash drive. Click Start and then click Computer to display a folder window. Navigate as needed to display the file list of the storage device that you are using for this chapter. 2. In the Navigation pane, scroll as needed so that your local hard drive Local Disk (C:) displays in a similar way to what is shown in Figure 1. Windows 7 folder Computer hard drive (your name and drive letter may be different) Figure 1 3. Drag your Windows 7 folder to your hard drive Local Disk (C:) in the Navigation pane, and when the ScreenTip displays Copy to Local Disk (C:), release the left mouse button to copy the folder to the drive. If you did not create this folder or no longer have it, substitute another folder. Close the Computer window. Windows 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 More Skills: SKILL 12 Page 1 of 6
4. In the taskbar, click the Windows Explorer button to display the Libraries window as shown in Figure 2. Windows 7 has four default libraries Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos. Libraries window Windows 7 libraries Figure 2 Windows 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 More Skills: SKILL 12 Page 2 of 6
5. In the file list, double-click the Documents icon. At the top of the Documents window, to the right of Includes, click 2 locations your number may be different. Compare your screen with Figure 3. The Documents Library Locations dialog box displays the folders currently in the Documents library. Here, the My Documents and Public Documents folders store files in the library. Your list of locations may be different. In a Locations dialog box, you can add other folders to libraries. When other folders are added, the files continue to be stored in the original folders but are also listed in the Documents window. Documents Library Locations dialog box 2 locations (yours may be different) Figure 3 Windows 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 More Skills: SKILL 12 Page 3 of 6
6. In the Documents Library Locations dialog box, click the Add button. In the Include Folder in Documents dialog box, use the Navigation pane to display the contents of your local hard drive. Click the Windows 7 folder, and then click the Include folder button. 7. Verify that the Windows 7 folder displays in the Documents Library Locations dialog box, and then click OK. Compare your screen with Figure 4. The folder and its location are listed in the Documents library. You can store folders containing documents, music, videos, or pictures in multiple locations, including other hard drives. You can then view the collection in a single library window. Folder added to the Documents library (your contents may be different) Figure 4 Windows 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 More Skills: SKILL 12 Page 4 of 6
8. Create a full-screen snip, and then click Save. In the Save As dialog box, display the contents of your Windows 7 folder on your USB flash drive. Click the New folder button, name the new folder More Skills 12 and then press J two times to open the new folder. In the File name box, type Lastname_Firstname_w7_Library1 Click Save, and then Close the Snipping Tool window. 9. In the Navigation pane, click Libraries. On the toolbar, click the New library button. While in edit mode, type Class Work and then press J. 10. Double-click to open the Class Work library window as shown in Figure 5. Before you can add files to a library, you must add a folder to the library. Here, the library is empty. Empty Class Work library Figure 5 Windows 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 More Skills: SKILL 12 Page 5 of 6
11. Click the Include a folder button, and then in the Include Folder in Class Work dialog box, use the Navigation pane to display the file list of your local hard drive. Click the Windows 7 folder, and then click the Include folder button. Compare your screen with Figure 6. In this manner, a single folder can be added to multiple libraries. Folder added to Class Work library Figure 6 12. Create a full-screen snip, and Save it on your storage device as Lastname_Firstname_w7_Library2 13. In the Navigation pane, click Libraries. Right-click the Class Work icon, and then from the shortcut menu, click Delete. Read the messages that display, and then click Yes. 14. Double-click to open the Documents library, and then to the right of Includes, click 3 locations your number may be different. 15. In the Documents Library Locations dialog box, click the Windows 7 folder, click Remove, and then click OK. 16. In the Navigation pane, under Computer, click to display the contents of your local hard drive. In the file list, right-click the Windows 7 folder, and then click Delete. In the displayed message, verify that you clicked the Windows 7 folder and not the Windows folder, and then click Yes. Close the folder window. 17. If you are printing your work, start WordPad, type your name, and drag the two snip files created in this project into the WordPad window. Print the WordPad document, and close it without saving changes. Otherwise, submit your snip files as directed by your instructor. You have completed More Skills 12 Windows 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 More Skills: SKILL 12 Page 6 of 6