4th Class Computers Science Fundamentals of Computer Renaming and Movements of Files

     Renaming and Movements of Files

Sometimes you give your friends and pets new names. When using Windows, you can easily give new names to your files and folders.  

     Given below are the steps for renaming the files:

• In the Windows Explorer, place the mouse pointer on that file which you want to rename and click the right button of the mouse and select Rename.
• You will see a box with the file's name and the name appears highlighted. Start typing the new name.
• When you start typing new name, the original name is deleted and is replaced by the new name.
• Now press Enter, file icon appears with its new name, See Figure 4.6.13)      

Taking a file from one folder to another Just as you would change the location of your toys and books at times, you can even take a file from one folder and move it to another. Suppose you had created a Paint file and named it 'flower' and had saved it in the folder named My Documents. Later you feel that shifting it to a folder called Drawings would be more appropriate and easier to locate later. Here is one way to do this. Click Start, Select Programs and Select Windows Explorer. This is an application program that lists all folders, files, drives and other resources of your computer. It also helps you move files from one folder to another quickly. So, while you are in Windows Explorer, see where My Documents is.  

     Double-click it and all files in the folder will be listed.

• Locate the file called 'flower' and right click it. It gets highlighted. Click Copy option in the menu.
• Take your pointer to the folder called Drawings and right click it.
• Then take the pointer to the Paste option in the menu and click it. The file will be copied in the desired folder. You still have a copy of 'flower' in My Documents. If you do not want it to be there then in step (2), use the Cut option instead of the Copy icon. (See Figure 4.6.14)  

 Given below are the steps for renaming the files. The steps are given in jumbled form, arrange them correctly.

1. Place the mouse pointer on that file which you want to rename.

2. Now press Enter and file icon appears with its new name.

3. You will see a box with the file's name and the name appears highlighted. Start typing the new name.

4. When you start typing its new name, the original name is deleted and is replaced by the new name.

5. Click the right button of the mouse and select Rename.

(A) 12345                                 

(B) 15342

(C) 24315                                  

(D) 32145

(E) 45123  

Answer: (b)

Explanation

Correct Option:

(B) Steps in option (B) are arranged correctly.

Incorrect Options:

(A) Steps in option (A) are arranged incorrectly.

(C) Steps in option (C) are arranged incorrectly.

(D) Steps in option (D) are arranged incorrectly.

(E) Steps in option (E) are arranged incorrectly.    

 Olive and Richard are discussing about folder. Read their conversation and identify who is correct.

Olive:  You can take a file from one folder and to another. Paint file is used in the word file.

Richard: No, you cannot move file from one folder to another. It's impossible. We draw picture in paint file and write letters in word file, then how can we use these two file together.

(A) Olive is correct                                          

(B) Richard is correct

(C) Both are correct                                       

(D) None of them are correct

(E) Both are partially correct

Answer: (a)

Explanation

Correct Option:

(A) Statement of Olive is correct.

Incorrect Options:

(B) Statement of Richard is incorrect. Therefore, option (B) is incorrect.

(C) Both of them are not correct. Only Olive is correct. Therefore, option (C) is incorrect.

(D) Both of them are not incorrect. Only Richard is incorrect. Therefore, option (D) is incorrect.

(E) Olive is fully correct where as Richard is fully incorrect. Therefore, option (E) is incorrect.  

• Windows has been designed by a company called Microsoft; hence it is also known as Microsoft Windows.  

• Double click: A double-click is the act of pressing a computer mouse button twice quickly without moving the mouse.
• Cursor: A special symbol, usually a solid rectangle or a blinking underline character that signifies where the next character will be displayed on the screen.
• Exit: A termination command in many operating systems.
• File: A block of information or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program.
• Folder: A virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other folders can be kept and organized.
• Mouse Pointer: In graphical user interfaces, a mouse pointer is a small arrow or other symbol on the display screen that moves as you move the mouse. You can select commands and options by positioning the tip of the arrow over the desired choice and clicking a mouse button.
• Paint: A simple graphics painting program that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows.
• Windows: An operating system which controls the execution of all types of programs.

• Windows is a popular operating system with a graphical interface that allows the user to issue commands by using the mouse.
• Resources on Net: http://www.wikipedia.or
• Related Topics Software Classification - Chapter 5  

     Abbreviations

GUI           -           Graphical User Interface

OS             -           Operating System