File Management Activity (30 points)

Directions: the following activities might help prepare you for future activities and assisting you
in maintaining good files in your folder. 1. Double click on My Computer on the desktop 2. Double click on the home or H: drive (H is the safest location to save your work) 3. Select File | New | Folder from the main menu. 4. Type myProjects and press on the Enter Key. (2 points) It is important that you click the Enter key so the name is accepted. If you dont click the Enter key, the name will be New Folder, which is incorrect. 5. Once you have named the folder, open it by double clicking. 6. Recreate the following folders inside of myProjects: (6 points) excel images powerpoint sound websites word
This is what the folder will look like.

9. Open Microsoft Word by selecting Start | Programs | Microsoft Word or double clicking on the Microsoft Word icon that might be on your desktop. 10. Choose File | Save As from the main menu. Locate your word folder you created and type in poster under File name. Click the Save button. (2 points)

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11. Open Microsoft Excel by selecting Start | Programs | Microsoft Excel or double clicking on the Microsoft Excel icon that might be on your desktop. 12. Choose File | Save As from the main menu. Locate your excel folder you created and type in unitedstates under File name. Click the Save button. (2 points)

13. Go to Google: http://www.google.com or choose a search engine of your choice 14. Click on the images tab and type in the name of your favorite animal 15. Click on the small icon of the picture you like to get the bigger image. If the site is blocked, find another image. Dont save small images. 16. When you find a large image, right click on the image and choose Save Picture As

17. Locate your images folder and type in the name of the animal in the File name section and click the Save button. (4 points)

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18. Type in the name of your favorite food to get an image. 19. Repeat steps 15-17 and rename the image as the object you are saving. For example, if you were saving a picture of a slice of pizza, you would type pizza in the File name section of the Save Picture window. (2 points) 20. Open Microsoft PowerPoint by selecting Start | Programs | Microsoft PowerPoint or double click on the Microsoft PowerPoint icon that might be on your desktop. 21. Choose File | Save As from the main menu. Locate your powerpoint folder you created and type in poem under File name. Click the Save button. (2 points) 22. Go to the following sound site: http://www.findsounds.com/types.html 23. Click on one of the animal sound links. 24. Click on the sound icon to listen to the sound.

25. If you like the sound, right click on the sound icon and choose Save Target As

26. Locate your sound folder and type in the name of the animal sound in the File name section and click the Save button. (5 points) 27. Place shortcuts to the following websites in your website folder by opening up the following sites and dragging the URL into your website folder. This will place a shortcut to these sites in your website folder. (5 points) http://www.channelone.com http://www.weeklyreader.com/teens/current_events/ http://www.cnn.com/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news

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