Apple 145B manual Straightening up your files

Chapter 9

Organizing Your Files

In this chapter

mStraightening up your files

mUsing folders to organize your files

mFiling documents when you save them

mMaking items easier to find

mFinding an item

mCreating a template or stationery

mGetting information about your files

mAssigning a label to a file

mTips on transferring files

Straightening up your files

To accomplish this . . .	Do this . . .
Straighten up all icons in	Choose the Clean Up command
the active window	from the Special menu
Straighten up selected	Hold down the Shift key
icons only	while choosing Clean Up
Arrange icons alphabetically	Hold down the Option key
by name, or by the	while choosing Clean Up
list view displayed most
recently in that window
Line up icons near the right	Click the desktop, then hold down the
edge of the desktop	Option key while choosing Clean Up

You can also have icons arrange themselves in a staggered grid when you choose Clean Up. See the chapter on adapting your computer to your own use.

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