15. Organizing Files and Folders with Windows Explorer

In This Chapter

• The Basics About Folders and Files

• Customizing the Windows Explorer Screen

• Selecting Single, Multiple, Adjacent, and Nonadjacent Files and Folders

Working with Libraries

• Navigating Through your File System

• Completing Common Tasks

The exciting new Windows 8 environment, with its simple active tiles, gives the perception that everything you do in Windows can be accomplished through the immersive, colorful screens you see on your computer, as well as on the web in advertisements, videos, and reviews. The reality is that you’ll certainly work with the native Windows 8 apps and features often, but you’ll also spend a lot of time just managing your files and folders, ...

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