File Management

File management skills such as file creation, filenaming, file attributes, compression, encryption, file permissions, and file types are important parts of the A+ Certification Operating System Exam. The following sections discuss these skills.

Creating Files

Data files that can be accessed by registered applications can be created within the Windows Explorer/My Computer interface. To create a new file

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Open the folder where you want to create the file with My Computer/Windows Explorer.
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Right-click empty space in the right window and select New to display a list of registered file types (see Figure 18.24).
Figure 18.24. Creating a new text document on drive E:.
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Move the mouse pointer to the file type desired and click ...

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