Rev. 05-12-16 pb
Creating & Organizing Files
1. Take this blank sheet of paper & write “Recipes” at the top. Now list what “types” of recipes you want to save by the “subject”. Cakes, Pies, Desserts, Vegetables, etc.
Windows 10
2. Go to This PC
Documents
e.g.
Under Documents I have a folder titled Recipes. I’ve created sub- folders & named them according to types of recipes. I can then drag the recipes I want to save into that folder. You will notice they are alphabetical.
3. You can begin by naming your folder first – Create a New Folder. (Right click on Your Recipe File, New ►, Folder) A new folder will appear in your list. If it is highlighted in color, you can just type the name you want.
You can go to Microsoft Word (what we use here in class) ((or Works, or whatever you have on your computer at home for any new recipes)) and type in a new recipe from scratch, click on Save As, and name the document what you want. Choose the folder that you want this recipe to go into, then click on Save.
From an email: (Send samples of emails to students right before class).
a. If it is an attachment, download the attachment by clicking on download, then open the download and save it to the correct folder in your recipes.
b. If it is in the body of your email, you would highlight, copy and then paste into a new document.
(Demonstrate from an email)
Highlight what you want to copy (with the left mouse button), right click in the highlighted area, click on copy, open a new Word Document (or Works, or whatever you use on your computer at home), right click & click on paste.
(Demonstrate on how to drag & drop from a list into newly created folders).
You should be able to include a picture IF the picture is part of the written recipe. If not, you would have to download the picture (as in Facebook) & then save it to your document. This is how you do that:
In Facebook, you have to actually click on the recipe. Sometimes just the picture, sometimes it’s a link. The recipe usually appears on the right (in the comments section). You can do the copy & paste of that first. Then if you wish to include the picture do the following:
a. Go back to the recipe page on the Internet. If you “copy the image” you can just paste it into your document. If you have to “save image as”, do the following:
1. Below the picture you will see options. Click on Options & then click on Download. Save file; this will then go to your download folder. (you may have your downloads go to somewhere else on your computer at home).
2. Open Downloads & click on the image. Select “Copy”
b. Open the document that you just put the recipe in. Decide where you want the picture (before the recipe or after), click in that spot, right click & paste. Your picture will appear. If you click on the photo, you can resize it to smaller from the corners.
Also, remember you can use the Snipping Tool to put a picture into a document.
Creating & Organizing Files
1. Take this blank sheet of paper & write “Recipes” at the top. Now list what “types” of recipes you want to save by the “subject”. Cakes, Pies, Desserts, Vegetables, etc.
Windows 10
2. Go to This PC
Documents
e.g.
Under Documents I have a folder titled Recipes. I’ve created sub- folders & named them according to types of recipes. I can then drag the recipes I want to save into that folder. You will notice they are alphabetical.
3. You can begin by naming your folder first – Create a New Folder. (Right click on Your Recipe File, New ►, Folder) A new folder will appear in your list. If it is highlighted in color, you can just type the name you want.
- Name your Folders with a name you can associate with i.e. Peg’s Recipes
- Pick a name for each separate category that relates back to the folder. i.e. Cakes, Cookies. If you want to further separate your Cookies, you follow the same steps as above for a new folder, except you need your cursor on the word Cookies.
- Save “like recipes” together in that folder.
You can go to Microsoft Word (what we use here in class) ((or Works, or whatever you have on your computer at home for any new recipes)) and type in a new recipe from scratch, click on Save As, and name the document what you want. Choose the folder that you want this recipe to go into, then click on Save.
From an email: (Send samples of emails to students right before class).
a. If it is an attachment, download the attachment by clicking on download, then open the download and save it to the correct folder in your recipes.
b. If it is in the body of your email, you would highlight, copy and then paste into a new document.
(Demonstrate from an email)
Highlight what you want to copy (with the left mouse button), right click in the highlighted area, click on copy, open a new Word Document (or Works, or whatever you use on your computer at home), right click & click on paste.
(Demonstrate on how to drag & drop from a list into newly created folders).
You should be able to include a picture IF the picture is part of the written recipe. If not, you would have to download the picture (as in Facebook) & then save it to your document. This is how you do that:
In Facebook, you have to actually click on the recipe. Sometimes just the picture, sometimes it’s a link. The recipe usually appears on the right (in the comments section). You can do the copy & paste of that first. Then if you wish to include the picture do the following:
a. Go back to the recipe page on the Internet. If you “copy the image” you can just paste it into your document. If you have to “save image as”, do the following:
1. Below the picture you will see options. Click on Options & then click on Download. Save file; this will then go to your download folder. (you may have your downloads go to somewhere else on your computer at home).
2. Open Downloads & click on the image. Select “Copy”
b. Open the document that you just put the recipe in. Decide where you want the picture (before the recipe or after), click in that spot, right click & paste. Your picture will appear. If you click on the photo, you can resize it to smaller from the corners.
Also, remember you can use the Snipping Tool to put a picture into a document.
05-12-16
Pictures
My Pictures
We each have our own unique way of keeping track of our pictures. Some create on-line albums, some use Picasa, others, like me, prefer to keep them in folders under My Pictures. I also prefer to arrange mine by date in folders by areas, time of year or circumstances (i.e. seasons, travel, etc.).
e.g.
I have Arizona Season & the years with subfolders under each dividing up the year. I put the date first, then they will be chronologically arranged.
Pictures
My Pictures
We each have our own unique way of keeping track of our pictures. Some create on-line albums, some use Picasa, others, like me, prefer to keep them in folders under My Pictures. I also prefer to arrange mine by date in folders by areas, time of year or circumstances (i.e. seasons, travel, etc.).
e.g.
I have Arizona Season & the years with subfolders under each dividing up the year. I put the date first, then they will be chronologically arranged.
ails
Set up folders in your email account. You can save emails according to the subject in any of these folders.
e.g.
Mike’s Emails
My first step is to make a folder entitled Mike G Emails 2013-2014
I can then go to PC Emails 2013 – 2014 & drag any of Mike’s emails that he sends us tips on to that folder.
e.g.
Connie’s Weekly Line Dance Emails – This is one of those trusted emails & contains a trusted website. I use the website frequently & I know that it safe for me “in this instance” to click on that link. When that webpage opens I can click on the download & I want to save it to my Line Dance Sheet folder under My Documents.
I also save most all of Connie’s emails if they contain information I may want to pass on to other dancers. So I can move this to my Line Dance folder in my Yahoo mail folders.
SENT – Empty or save with my reply
Any emails in my Sent box are either moved to a folder or deleted. EMPTY
Spam – I open & check to see if there are any legitimate emails that got there by mistake. Usually a quick glance will tell me it’s all junk. Check all & DELETE. Empty
Trash – I’ve already looked at everything from above, so I just click on DELETE. If I think I may have trashed something inadvertently, I can open it & move it back to either my Inbox or a Folder.
When I am done, I have nothing in my Inbox from day to day. I check my emails about 2-3 times a day.
Bookmarks/Favorites
If you use Mozilla Firefox (which I am using) this will be called Bookmarks, if you use Windows Internet Explorer, it will be call Favorites.
Again as you can see when I click on Bookmarks, I have multiple folders. These contain websites that I have previously visited & want to remember so I can go back there without having to search again. Sometimes it’s to a particular page on that website.
For those of you who have never Bookmarked a page, this is how I do it:
I usually open a New Tab, & then in the Google Search Box, I’ll type in the website I want to go to. (CHIHULY GLASS). When the site appears that I want to visit, click on it. When the page opens, Right Click on the page & choose Bookmark This Page. A menu will open & you can click on Choose Folder. Since I already have several folders I can look for an appropriate folder to save this in or I could choose to make a New Folder & call it Chihuly Glass. It will then be saved in my Bookmarks. You can also save it without putting it in a folder, but if you do this often, you’ll have a long list & won’t remember what sites are for what.
Set up folders in your email account. You can save emails according to the subject in any of these folders.
e.g.
Mike’s Emails
My first step is to make a folder entitled Mike G Emails 2013-2014
I can then go to PC Emails 2013 – 2014 & drag any of Mike’s emails that he sends us tips on to that folder.
e.g.
Connie’s Weekly Line Dance Emails – This is one of those trusted emails & contains a trusted website. I use the website frequently & I know that it safe for me “in this instance” to click on that link. When that webpage opens I can click on the download & I want to save it to my Line Dance Sheet folder under My Documents.
I also save most all of Connie’s emails if they contain information I may want to pass on to other dancers. So I can move this to my Line Dance folder in my Yahoo mail folders.
SENT – Empty or save with my reply
Any emails in my Sent box are either moved to a folder or deleted. EMPTY
Spam – I open & check to see if there are any legitimate emails that got there by mistake. Usually a quick glance will tell me it’s all junk. Check all & DELETE. Empty
Trash – I’ve already looked at everything from above, so I just click on DELETE. If I think I may have trashed something inadvertently, I can open it & move it back to either my Inbox or a Folder.
When I am done, I have nothing in my Inbox from day to day. I check my emails about 2-3 times a day.
Bookmarks/Favorites
If you use Mozilla Firefox (which I am using) this will be called Bookmarks, if you use Windows Internet Explorer, it will be call Favorites.
Again as you can see when I click on Bookmarks, I have multiple folders. These contain websites that I have previously visited & want to remember so I can go back there without having to search again. Sometimes it’s to a particular page on that website.
For those of you who have never Bookmarked a page, this is how I do it:
I usually open a New Tab, & then in the Google Search Box, I’ll type in the website I want to go to. (CHIHULY GLASS). When the site appears that I want to visit, click on it. When the page opens, Right Click on the page & choose Bookmark This Page. A menu will open & you can click on Choose Folder. Since I already have several folders I can look for an appropriate folder to save this in or I could choose to make a New Folder & call it Chihuly Glass. It will then be saved in my Bookmarks. You can also save it without putting it in a folder, but if you do this often, you’ll have a long list & won’t remember what sites are for what.