Tip #4

Let’s Get Organized!

I think we all agree that organization is important so here are a few tips to get your computer organized.

Below are a few of the folders in my “My Documents” folder. I say a few because I actually have 96 folders and over 1,000 documents! Yikes!.

Notice how I have A SASI... If I want to force a folder to the top of my list simply put an “A” at the beginning of the name. If you want to force a folder to the bottom just put a “Z” at the beginning. Then within those folders I sometimes sub categorize by year as seen below.

To find my purchase order folder quickly I just open “My Documents” and type PU and I am immediately taken to that folder then I hold down the Ctl-O to open it quickly.

There are several different ways to choose how your folders display in your “My Documents” area. If you right-click in a blank area and choose View you will see several choices of how your folders can display. I generally use Details but you can change the setting to what works best for you.

You can further organize by the way you arrange your icons. I generally choose by “Type” so all my MS Word files are grouped together then all my Excel files, etc.