Organizing Personal Files
and Folders in Word

1. Place your 3 1/2" floppy disk into the correct drive.

2. Open your "2004" word document.

3. Click on "File" then "Save As."

4. In the top right hand corner you will see "Save in:" click on the box to the right of it.

5. Click on 3 1/2 Floppy (A: ).

6. The name "2004" will appear. Click on "Save."

7. You now have a file "2004" on the desktop and another on your disk.

8. As you create more and more word documents you can organize them into folders.

9. When you go into "Save As" there is a little yellow folder with a star near the top. This is called your "Create New Folder" button.

10. Click on it and a window will pop up asking you to name the folder. Call it Class One then click "OK."

11. Next click on the little blue arrow near the top.

12. You now have a document and a folder. Anytime you want to put documents into a folder just click once on the document and drag it onto the folder.

13. To open a folder just double click on it and any documents inside will be shown.

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