How to Find a Particular File

Like many busy people with families and day jobs, you haven't had time to work on your movie in months. But this weekend the kids are at camp, your spouse is visiting relatives, and you've just solved the plot tangle that has had you stuck.

Except now you can't remember where you saved your blockbuster manuscript, Something About Mike Street.

You don't have to riffle through dozens of folders to find it. Use Windows' Find command and let the OS do the work.

The sneaky way  Move your cursor to an empty space on your taskbar. (The taskbar runs along the bottom of your screen, containing icons or text-filled rectangles for every file you have open.) Press F3 on your keyboard. The Find dialog box-- a small window-- will appear. Type a word that you know appears in the title of the file you need to locate. In this case, type "Mike." Windows compiles a list of all the files with the word "Mike" in the titles. To open your screenplay, click on it from that list.

The traditional way Position your cursor over the Start button in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen. Hold the left mouse button down. Move the cursor over the word Find and let go of the button. The Find dialog box-- a small window-- will appear. Type a word that you know appears in the title of the file you need to locate. In this case, type "Mike." Windows compiles a list of all the files with the word "Mike" in the titles. To open your screenplay, click on it from that list.

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