Configuring Shortcuts C Drive D Drive F Drive

Configuring Shortcuts C: Drive D: Drive F: Drive Z: Drive

Shortcuts To notepad To class web site

Shortcut to Notepad is a text editor…like a word processor that can’t do bold, underline, change font… We will use it to create web pages (HTML-Hypertext Markup Language) Click Start button Select All Programs Select/Find Accessories>Notepad…don’t run the program, just right-mouse and drag it to the desktop…say to create shortcuts here (Note: To run Notepad in Windows 10, use windows key + R , stands for Run; type notepad

Shortcut to class web site (schedule) Open the class Web site in IE (or chrome, or firefox) www. jma. duq. edu/classes/shepherd/jma 260 Use the left mouse button and click and drag the “e” in the address bar to your desktop Say to create a link (shortcut) on your desktop

Folder Relationships

C: Drive OS Your apps (Program Files, Program Files (x 86) ) C: Users>Your login name Your desktop apps Do NOT save files to C: drive

D: Drive Scratch disk—store anything there Anyone can delete, change etc… i. e. temporary storage…we won’t be using it

F: (maybe J: drive) Your USB drive letter- probably F: Save your work there When done, copy it to Z: drive…will show later

Z: Drive aka network folder, user folder, home folder It’s also a shortcut To a computer managed by Duquesne computer department Only available in rooms 205, 345 Open up Z: Should see pub. Our tech guy, Phil, created the folder for you Place anything you want to be seen, and accessed, by anyone via Web. Don’t modify, delete pub You’re going to put your homework solutions there so GA can grade

Z: cont… We want to end up with configuration like this pub JMA 260 Assignments Practice Images Client Each of the three main child folders is then the parent of an Images folder…

Z: … How do we create folders? Create a JMA 260 folder (NO SPACES) inside pub Inside the JMA 260 folder create the 4 child folders Create an Images folder inside each of the three main folders Example JMA 260 Assignments Images

Z: … The Z: drive configuration:

And… Root folder

Configuring USB device Same Z: Except: No pub. New folder: In. Class : Try create JMA 260 child folders on your own Want to end up with: Index. htm will be important… don’t create at this time Also HTML folder

Inside In. Class create these folders Dreamweaver Illustrator Photoshop Premiere Encore Images Inside each create child Images folders (NOT inside Images, however)

Complete USB configuration

Using drives Practice: Transferring files between Z: and F: (USB) working with pdf (Portable Document Files)

Practice Start Word Type This is my first pdf File>Save as Adobe pdf Save first as a. docx, then as a pdf

Note: We have a color and a black and white laser printer in the labs…always select black/white unless told otherwise

Pdf… Save your pdf in Practice folder on USB as My. Firstpdf Very Important Policy Since this document will go on or Web site, NO SPACES in File names…or will see %20 for every space Close Word

Pdf… Drag My. Firstpdf. pdf over to Practice on Z: drive

Do you know how to: Show file extensions? Vary the way folder content shows? (i. e. as folders, as lists, …

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