Untitled Lesson

File and
Folder

Grade: 5

A Spooky Adventure

In this adventure , you will be able :

● Understand how files and folders

work

● Name and Identify file

extensions

● Demonstrate your ability to write

file addresses.

● Explain the concept of folder and

how they work

Files and Folders are used
to organize the huge
amounts of data or
information on the
computer.

What is File?

A file is a collection of data
that is store together. File
can be stored on the
computer’s hard drive, a
flash drive, optical disc,
memory cards or even an
email.

What is File?

Files can be created, names,
renamed, saved and deleted.

What is File?

Each file has a name, size
and location. The size of a
file is measured in bytes.
A bytes is measurement of
Store data. A file can be
measured in Kilobytes,
megabytes and gigabytes .

What is File?

The size of the file tells
how much storage space it
takes up on the computer.

There are different types
of File:
● Text File
● Audio File
● Graphic File
● Program File
● Email files
● Video File
It is identify by looking at the file
extension behind the name of the file. A
period is used to separate the name
from its type like filename.type

File extension are usually
abbreviated with three
letters.

Example: .Mp3

Folder Directories
Considering a large amount of
files stored in the computer.
Its is imperative to keep the
organized. Folders, also
referred to as directories,
keep file organized by
grouping them together.

Common File Extensions

Text File
.doc .txt

Adobe Text File
.pdf

Web page File
.htm .html

Graphic File
.jpeg .jpg

.gif

Video File
.mp4

●The cursor is a blinking lines that lets you
know where the next character (Letter,
numbers, symbol, punctuation will be typed.

●The file menu is where you go to access
commands like saving and printing a
document.

●When you save a document, it will replace
Document 1 at the top of the window , with
the name that you decide to give to the
document.

●The exit icon is what you click when you
wish to close the document

Word Processing software
allows you to create
documents that consist
primarily of text.

Words in a document are called
TEXT.

The whole test (everything that you
type) is called a DOCUMENT.

When you type something for the
first time, you are CREATING a
document.

Creating a document:

To create a document

click Start

All Programs

Microsoft office

MIcrosoft Word

The first version of
the Microsoft Word
was developed by
Richard Brodie and
Charles Simonyi

Former Xerox
programmers hired
by Bill Gate and
Paul Allen in 1981.
Both Programmers
wired on Xeroz
Bravo, the First
WYSIWYG

Entering Text

When you enter text into a
document for the first time you are
creating a document. To enter text
into a document, click where you like
for the text to go and press the
letter key on the keyboard.

Saving a Document

To save the document:
click file
Save As

Organizing the files
Computer Whiz : 51

Create a file address
Computer WHiz: 52