Windows 7 / Getting Started

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Creating new files, folders, and libraries

You can create new files to hold new data and new folders to hold your files right within Windows 7.

To create a new, empty folder, follow these steps:

1. Open the Windows Explorer window (such as Documents or Computer) in which the new folder is to appear.
2. Click the New Folder button on the window's toolbar.
   If the Classic menus are displayed along the top of the Explorer window immediately above the taskbar, you can also choose File → New → Folder or, if not, press Alt+FWF.
3. Replace the temporary folder name (New Folder) by first typing a name of your choosing and then pressing Enter.

To create an empty file that holds a certain type of information, follow these steps:

1. Open the Windows Explorer window where the new file is required.
2. Right-click a blank area in the window's display area and then choose New from the shortcut menu that appears.
   If the Classic menus are displayed in the Explorer window, you can also choose File → New from the menu bar; if not, press Alt+FW.
3. Choose the type of file you want to create (such as Microsoft Office Word Document, Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet, Text Document, Briefcase, and so on) from the New submenu.
4. Replace the temporary filename (such as New Microsoft Word Document) by typing a name of your choosing and pressing Enter.

Create a new folder when you need to have a new place to store your files and other folders. If you want to, you can even create an empty file in a particular folder before you actually put something in the file - remember that you can always launch the associated program and open the blank file in it by doubleclicking its file icon.

Create a new library when you need to have a place to store all the folders and files that fall into a particular category. For example, if your company deals with a lot of different forms, you might want to create a Forms library where you store all the various form document files, each within its own folder. To create a new library devoted to forms, you'd open the Documents window (Start → Documents) and then right-click the Libraries icon in the Navigation pane and click New → Library on its shortcut menu. Windows 7 then adds a New Library to the list of existing libraries that you can then rename Forms.