Susan Fuschetto
CIS 101 Intro. to Computer Information Systems
Windows XP Lab - File Management
This lab assignment is from the
Introduction to Office 2007 lab book. Please read all of the
instructions before proceeding to work on the assignment.
If you are new to computers and the Windows
operating system then I strongly recommend that you read and do the
Exploring the Basics of Microsoft Windows XP tutorial pages WIN 1 -
33 before working on the following assignment.
- Read and do the Managing Your Files
tutorial, pages FM 1 - 18 to review the commands in the Windows
Explorer. For the tutorial you will need a set of files.
Download and unzip (uncompress) the FM.zip file to your USB Flash Drive.
The steps to unzip the files are in the attached
document.
- For the homework assignment you will need another set
of files to work with. Download and unzip (uncompress) the
File
Management Homework.zip file to your USB Flash Drive.
The steps for unzipping files are explained in the attached
document.
- Open Windows Explorer and view the
unzipped files. Make sure you can see the folders in the left
pane.
- In the File Management Homework folder
create two file folders. One named Excel and the other named
Word.
- Move all of the Excel .xls files in to the
Excel folder.
- Move all of the Word .doc files in to the Word
folder.
- Copy the Coffee Bean.bmp file to the
Word folder.
- Rename the Notes.txt file to Term Paper
Notes.txt.
- Make a copy of the Term Paper Notes.txt file
and call it
English Term Paper.txt .
Hint: copy the file and then rename
the copied file.
- Delete the File One.txt file
- Change the view to the Details View.
Display the file extensions.
- Sort the files by file type.
- Open the Word or WordPad program.
(Please note: if you use WordPad, then you may have a problem
with the file size being more than 25 megabytes which is the
limitation for uploading files to TalonNet. You may compress
the WordPad file using Windows XP or later. The steps are:
Right-click the file, select from the shortcut menu Send to..., then
Compressed Folder. Upload the .zip file to the assignment in
TalonNet.) To avoid these problems I recommend Word and not
WordPad. Remember you can always use the computers on campus
if you have a problem.
Type the following:
- CIS 101 Windows File Management
Homework
- Class Meeting Day and Time
(example: TUTH 12:30)
- Your Name
In Windows Explorer view the
files and folders in the File Management folder. Use the Details View and sort the
files by file type. Create a screen shot
using the Alt and Print Screen keys. Paste the screen shot in to the
Word/WordPad document. Confused? Never done this before?
Read this
document .
Open the Excel folder. Use the Details View and sort the files by file
type. Create a screen shot and paste it in to
the Word/WordPad document under the first screen shot.
Open the Word folder. Use the Details View and sort the files by file type. Create a screen shot and paste it in to
the Word/WordPad document under the second screen shot.
Save your homework to your USB drive.
The steps to save a file to a USB drive are:
1. Insert the USB drive in to the drive
port on the computer.
2. Click File
on the menu bar.
3. Point to and click on
Save As on
the File
menu.
4. Type Windows File Management Homework
in the File name text box.
5. Point to and click on the Save in box
arrow
button.
6. Point to and click on the
USB Drive icon.
7. Point to and click on the
Save
button.
Your homework should look like the attached
document.
Traditional students: Print the homework.
Online students: upload
the Windows File Management Homework
document to the Project 1 Windows assignment
in TalonNet.
Be sure to submit/turn in the lab assignment by the
due date.
Last update:
08/24/10 |
