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<br />3/13/95 <br /> <br />B-C PROGRAM: Mini-Tutorial <br /> <br />Directories <br /> <br />A computer stores information in directories on a hard drive which are <br />like the drawers of a filing cabinet. On all IBM-compatible personal <br />computers (PCs), the way directories and files are named is uniform. <br /> <br />Directories may be organized under any name, as long as the name has <br />no more than eight characters. Spaces are not allowed in the directory <br />name (e.g., BC RIVER is NOT a legal name) but space-holding <br />characters are allowed (e.g., BC_RIVER IS a legal name). For this mini- <br />tutorial, think of a directory as one of the drawers in your file cabinet. <br /> <br />To save the file under a different directory, go to the Directories: area of <br />the Save As... screen and click on the desired directory. (New <br />directories can also be made, but this is outside the range of this mini- <br />tutorial. ) <br /> <br /> <br />Files <br /> <br />Individual files may be organized under any name desired, as long as the <br />name has no more than eight characters. For this mini-tutorial, think of <br />files as the individual file folders placed within the selected file cabinet <br />drawer. Individual files are named as follows: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. the name is divided into two parts, separated by a period, and <br />known as the file name and the extension (e.g., filename.ext); <br /> <br />the filename can contain up to eight characters; and <br /> <br />the extension can contain up to three characters. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />To name a file, go to the Filename: area of the Save As... screen and <br />click on the left side of the white data entry area. Enter the desired <br />filename and extension (e.g., filename.ext). <br /> <br />15 <br />