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Managing Your Electronic Briefcase
General Tips for Your Computer and Software

These pages present some tips for using your computer and software more efficiently.

Contents

  1. Folders and Subfolders - How to organize files
  2. Shortcuts & Aliases - How to create links to files and software on your computer
  3. Keyboard Shortcuts - Finding and using keyboard equivalents for menu items
  4. File Extensions - How to identify file types and modify file names so files can be transferred
  5. Save As - How to convert software files to other types that can be more easily shared
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