Navigate Folders and Their Contents

  

  • Search filed can be resizable
    • Move the mouse in between Search field and the field showing the path

    • The cursor turns into a double-arrow

    • Click-and-drag to the left or right to increase or decrease the size of Search field


  • Change your view button allows you to view different options in a slider format

  • Show the preview pane button allows you to turn on or off the Preview Pane on the right-hand side of Windows Explorer
    • When Preview Pane is turned on, click a file to select it and its preview will display on the right-hand side of the Windows Explorer

    • If you open a document, such as a Word document, you will be able to see the first page of that document. However, it may not look exactly the way it’s going to look when you open it up, but it gives you a good idea of what’s inside

  • Tiny little arrows located on heading columns will show you how files are sorted when you hover your mouse over them. To change how files are sorted, click the arrow button at the end of each heading column to change criteria in sorting file

    • Alphabetical order

    • Date modified

    • Type

    • Size

  • When an item is selected in the Windows Explorer, the Toolbar changes corresponding to its type of file as well as the bottom of Windows Explorer will display some information about that file

    • The Open button will display a default program to open the file if the program was installed in the machine

    • Click down arrow to choose a different program or different default program