Accessing Your Documents

The Documents folder is a personal storage area in which you should store allor at least mostof your documents, unless you're using a network-sharing system such as SharePoint or a document-management program.

Open a Document

Click the Start button, and choose Documents from the Start menu to open the Documents window.

Click a file to select it.

Review the properties of this file.

Review the contents of this file.

Double-click the file to open it, or press Enter to open the selected file.

Click the Close button when you've finished.

See Also

"Windows Views" on page 194 and "Changing the Window View" on page 196 for information about changing the way files and folders are displayed.

"Viewing File Information" on page 198 for information about displaying the different panes in the folder.

"Organizing Your Files" on pages 204205 for information about arranging the files in the folder.

Tip

Each user of the computer (provided he or she has logged on) has a separate Documents folder, as well as other personalized settings.