Introduction to Windows 7 - Computing Fundamentals - page 126

Step by Step

Moving or Copying (Clipboard Method)
Follow these steps to move or copy selected files or folders using the Windows Clipboard:

1 In Windows Explorer, select the file(s) and/or folder(s) to be moved or copied.

2 Press Ctrl+C to copy, or press Ctrl+X if you want to move. Or use one of the other methods from Table 5.2.

3 Navigate to the location where you want to paste the cut or copied item(s).

4 Press Ctrl+V to paste. Or use one of the other methods from Table 5.2.

Moving or Copying (Drag-and-Drop Method)
Follow these steps to move or copy selected files or folders using drag-and-drop:

1 In Windows Explorer, select the file(s) and/or folder(s) to be moved or copied.

2 Open another Windows Explorer window (for example, click Start and click Computer) and navigate to the destina-
tion location.

3 Arrange the two windows so that both are visible at once.

4 Hold down Ctrl to copy, or hold down Shift to move. (See the note earlier in this section about the need to use those
keys.)

5 Drag the selected item(s) from the original location to the destination.

Moving or Copying (Dialog Box Method)
Follow these steps to move or copy selected files or folders using the
Move to Folder or Copy to Folder command:

1 In Windows Explorer, select the file(s) and/or folder(s) to be
moved or copied.

2 Open the Edit menu and click Move to Folder or Copy to Folder.
The Move Items or Copy Items dialog box opens.

3 Navigate to the desired destination location. Use the same
navigation techniques you use in the folder tree in the naviga-
tion pane.

4 Click the Move (or Copy) button.

Working with.Shortcuts
A shortcut is a link, or pointer, to the original file to which it refers.
It allows a file or folder to appear to be in two or more locations at
once, while maintaining a single original copy of it. For example, all the
program names on the Start menu are shortcuts to the executable files
that run those programs, as are the shortcut icons on the left end of the
taskbar. You can also place shortcuts directly on the desktop.

shortcut A pointer to a file or folder.

Some shortcuts appear with a small arrow in the lower-left corner of the
icon, indicating that the icon represents a shortcut rather than the original
file, and some of them have the word “shortcut” in their name, as shown