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Drag & Drop: Another very useful tool is an action called Drag & Drop. This is when you literally drag an item from one place to another and drop it where you want it. A good example of this being used is if you want to rearrange some of the items on your DESKTOP (the computer start screen, not the top of your desk furniture). Usually, your computer will come set up in the standard way and it is set to arrange your icons automatically. You can change this by right-clicking anywhere on the desktop and when the menu appears, look where it says auto-arrange. If it has a check mark next to it, click it once. This will deselect auto-arrange and will allow you to place your icons or files wherever you want them.
Now that you have disabled auto-arrange, click on the MY COMPUTER icon and hold the button. Now, with the button still held down, move the mouse around the screen. Do you see the icon moving with it? Now release the mouse button. If you were successful in disabling the auto-arrange, the icon should be staying wherever you put it. Now you can Drag & Drop. This will come in very handy when you want to place a file in a folder somewhere or if you want to drag an unwanted item to the RECYCLE BIN. To learn to drag a window around or to resize it, go here. You can practice Drag & Drop by going to the DESKTOP and creating a new folder and dragging the new empty folder into the MY DOCUMENTS folder or any folder you want to drag it to. You can go here if you don't know how to CREATE A NEW FOLDER. Good luck.
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