Nokia 9500 Communicator - Managing files and folders

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Managing files and folders

To open a folder, select the folder, and press

Open

. A view of all the subfolders and files of the parent folder opens. To open a

subfolder, select the folder, and press

Open

. To open the upper-level folder, select , and press

Open

. Press

Close folder

to return

to the main view.
To open a file, select the file, and press

Open

. The appropriate application opens the file. Note that you can open only one file

at a time.

Tip: To view hidden files, press Menu, and select

View

>

Show all files

.

To create a new file or folder, move to the location where you want to create the new file or folder, press Menu, and select

File

>

New folder

or

New file...

. Enter the name, and press

OK

.

To move or copy files or folders, select the file or folder, press Menu, and select

Edit

>

Cut

or

Copy

. Then move to the location

where you want to place the file or folder, press Menu, and select

Edit

>

Paste

.

Tip: You can also move files or folders by pressing

Move

.

To rename files or folders, select the file or folder, press Menu, and select

File

>

Rename

. Enter the new name, and press

Rename

. It is recommended that you do not change the names of the default folders. Default folders are folders that the device

creates during the first start-up, such as

C:\My files\

and

C:\My files\Templates\

.

To delete files or folders, select the file or folder, and press

Delete

.

To view and modify properties of a file, folder, or drive, select the file, folder, or drive, press Menu, and select

File

>

Properties...

. To prevent the file or folder from being edited, select the

Read-only

field, and select

Yes

. To change a file into hidden

state, select the

Hidden

field and

Yes

.

To add a shortcut to Desk, select the file or folder, press Menu, and select

File

>

Add to Desk...

. Select the application groups to

which you want to add the shortcut.
To sort files and folders, press Menu, and select

View

>

Sort by

or

Sorting order

. Select one of the available options.

To send a file, select the file, press Menu, and select

File

>

Send

. Select the method of sending.

To modify

File manager

settings, press Menu, and select

Tools

>

Settings...

. You can define whether you want to be able to

browse the system directory and all its folders and files in

File manager

.

Tip: It is advisable to hide the system directory so that you cannot accidentally delete or move important system files

and risk causing software to malfunction.

To search for files and folders, press Menu, and select

Tools

>

Find...

. Enter the text that is included in the name of the file or

folder you are looking for, and press

Find

. To change the location or refine the search criteria, press

Options

. To find files and

folders, use the following options:
• wildcards: ? for any character and * for any string
• operators: AND, OR, NOT
• quotes: for example, "mobile phone" searches only for this phrase
In the

Results of Find

view, you can open and delete the files and folders found, as well as move, copy, rename, and sort them.