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Working with files and folders
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Copying and moving files and folders
The skills you need to copy and move files are copying, cutting, and pasting.
When you copy and paste a selection, you place a copy of the file you selected
on the Windows clipboard, which stores it. Then, when you decide what folder
you want the copy to go in (the destination folder), you paste it there.
When you cut and paste a selection, you remove the file from its folder and
place the file on the Windows clipboard. When you decide where you want
the file to go, you paste it there.
To copy a file or folder to another folder:
1
Right-click the file or folder that you want to copy. A menu opens on
the desktop.
2
Select
Copy
from the menu.
3
Open the destination folder.
4
With the pointer inside the destination folder, press the right mouse
button.
5
Select
Paste
. A copy of the file or folder appears in the new location.
Important
The clipboard stores whatever you cut or copy until you
cut or copy again. Then the clipboard contains the new
information only. Therefore, you can paste copies of a file
into more than one place, but as soon as you copy or cut
a file again, the old file is deleted from the clipboard.
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