When you've visited the links on the page Getting Comfortable, you'll understand what everything on your computer's desktop is and what it's for, and you'll understand how to make your desktop look and behave the way you want it to.

The next step, then, is to become familiar with what's underneath the desktop--what's in the drawers, as it were. Studying the materials on this page will help you organize your work logically and locate it quickly.

I have prepared two PDF handouts on Basic File Management and Organizing Computer Files for Windows users.

You can also visit one of the web sites below to read in depth about file and folder management for Windows or Macintosh.

Windows 98/2000: File Management
http://help.unc.edu/cgi-bin/getdocs?docnumber=dws17

How to Save Your Files and Your Sanity
http://www.geekgirls.com/windows_saving_files.htm

Macintosh File Management Tutorial
http://www.k12.hi.us/~tethree/01-02/foundations/filemantutorial.htm