Organize Your Files, Folders, Email and Documents

these videos are designed to help you get organized pause the video after each tip and try it on your computer it's a really good idea to come up with a small number of master folders for all your info as I've done here fewer master folders make it much easier to file and find your email or documents fast we'll discuss an easy to implement 5 folder system later but first let's start with some folder basics to create a new folder simply right-click with an explorer and select new and folder you can make copies of folders by highlighting the folder and hitting ctrl-c ctrl-v each time I hit V a new folder is created you can highlight all your folders by clicking on ctrl a and I'm doing this because I'm going to rename all of them when I hit f2 it allows me to rename my folder client and when I click outside that folder or I click enter watch what happens all the folders are renamed this can be useful if you're trying to name a large number of photographs which are all the same name like X 7 3 5 2 this will change them to you know New Year's Eve party now if you have a folder that perhaps is at the bottom of your string let's say it's XYZ company then of course it'll be an alphabetical order it'll be at the bottom of your folder but if you're at the top of your folder string and you just hit X notice that it will take you right straight down to that folder so that's a great way to surf down quickly to a folder that you're looking for that might be buried at the end of a long string of folders but what if this is a really important account if I number it one XYZ company XYZ company and click outside of it notice how it shoots right to the top so it's a great idea to pry or ties your most-used or most important folders by numbering them one two three so they'll rise to the top of your folder string it's a great way to make your information easier to access so that you can get more work done

Channel: Mike Song

Views: 167,134

Keywords: eFolder, Basics, Get organized, Mike Song, Get Control, Digital folders, Best folder tips

Id: ZDU0-p1cILU

Length: 2min 31sec (151 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 30 2012