149 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Learning Goals • Locate fi les and folders on a computer system. • Sort the list of fi les in a folder. • Discuss sharing fi les online. Terms fi le management root sorting wildcards Section 4.2 Locating Files and Folders It is not unusual to hear novice computer users say that they cannot fi nd fi les they created. This may be explained by the fact that disk drives may have gigabytes or terabytes of storage space and contain hundreds or thousands of folders. However, being unable to locate a fi le often means the user did not have a plan for saving and locating fi les. Windows provides an organizational plan for collecting fi les of a similar type in one location. This organizational scheme includes folders for My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos. However, many users create custom folders to group fi les according to their own ways of working. Some choose to group fi les by creation dates, while others group fi les around a certain topic, such as vacations or school courses. Each person should choose a scheme that makes sense for him or her and that will support rapid retrieval of each fi le. A good guide is the English proverb, “A place for everything and everything in its place.” bikeriderlondon/Shutterstock.com How does ability to locate files impact your productivity? H ow does yyour our ability to locate