Hi Frank and Donna, You should do anything that makes using your computer easier for you. The only reason for not cluttering up your Desktop is that if you have a huge number of files on your Desktop you take a performance hit, but that's only if you have many files that are scattered, individual files -- the advice is to organize them at least into a few folders if you want them on your Desktop.
Donna, the Spotlight shortcut is useful when you might be trying to find a file that could be in any one of a number of sub-folders under Documents, for example, or it could be something you might have downloaded and you don't remember whether you've copied or moved it to another location. What I usually do is navigate in Finder, since I have a number of files and folders on my Mac, so I might go to the dock, (VO-D), and then navigate to Finder (and open up a window with Command-N if one is not already open). You can customize the Finder sidebar to add frequently used folders. The Documents folder is one that is already in the Finder sidebar, but if you want to add any specific folder to the sidebar, select it in the Finder window and use Command-T to add it to the sidebar. (This is also available as the "Add to Sidebar" menu option from Finder's "File" menu on the menu bar). There are lots of ways to navigate. HTH Cheers, Esther Frank Ventura wrote: > > Donna, I actually did that as early as 1986 on a Mac Plus with system > 3.1. Old habits die hard. > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:50 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word processor > > > Yeah, I'll probably do that too, eventually. I know long time mac > users hate it when we windows converts do that, but it sure does make > life easier. > Donna > On Oct 23, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Frank Ventura wrote: > >> >> For the sake of making life easier I put an alias to my Documents >> folder >> on my destop. >> Frank >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:15 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word processor >> >> >> Hi Anne and Ester, >> >> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do I select the document >> within Finder? My documents folder doesn't even show up there. the >> only way I know to open a document is by accessing documents from the >> doc. >> thanks, >> Donna >> On Oct 23, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Donna, >>> >>> You simply have to select the document from the Finder to use the >>> Getinfo command. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.28/2454 - Release Date: >> 10/23/09 10:09:00 >> >>> >> > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.28/2454 - Release Date: > 10/23/09 10:09:00 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
