create a folder

[carolann]

new book "microsoft Office:maac v. X Inside Out" does not
say how to create a folder. Can anyone provide me with a
step by step solution?

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Carolann,

Do you mean how to create a folder in which to file Word documents? If
that's the question, then the answer is that you create folders the same way
you would for any application.

Note: I'm in Office 2001, not X, so some of the specifics below may be
different, but probably not by much.

There are a couple of ways to do it. When you're saving a document in Word,
there's a button in the Save or Save As dialog box that says New and then
shows a folder icon. If you click on it, you can create a new folder that
the document you're saving will be filed in. The location of the folder
will depend on what you've navigated to and selected in the top-most box of
the dialog.

Alternatively, you can click onto your desktop, go to the File menu and
select New Folder. One will appear on your desktop and you can then name
and file it wherever you'd like.

If I've misunderstood your question, please post back with a more detailed
explanation.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Carolann,

At first your question confused me, but maybe I have realized the logic
behind it, now that Beth's answered it...

If you just switched from a PC, I feel that one of the main differences is
that PC people often use Word to manage and sort their files, while on a Mac
it is usually easier to open up folders and drag and drop files around than
to use Word's dialog box. (in fact, I'm not even sure MacWord lets us
organize files, and never heard of this function until PC people started
alluding to it on NGs). I rarely even open a file through Word.

I'm still in OS 9, not X, but I have always found the MacHelp to be pretty
good. For instance, create a folder spit up "organizing files" first thing
which answered your question. Access through the Help menu in the Finder.
If you click on the Home button in Help, it will offer you a choice of
various Help files--some programs install their help files there, like
iTunes. If you are on a laptop, there may also be specific help files
"About your Powerbook."

Especially if you are getting used to a new computer and new operating
system, it is likely worth just reading through the main MacHelp topics for
useful info.

DM

 

[Norman R. Nager, Ph.D.]

Hi, Dayo, Beth and Carolann,

I'm working in Word X v. 10.1.5 and when I click on either "save" or "save
as", a dialogue box comes up. You'll see the file name and to the right of
the file name box, a small arrow pointed up.

1A. Click on that arrow and it will point down and open a new, larger
dialogue box, that not only shows a directory where you can save your file,
but also a "New Folder" button in the *extreme lower left-hand corner of
that dialogue box.

1B. (*On my 15" studio display screen, I have to hide the dock and move the
document and attached dialogue box up so I can see the bottom and the "New
Folder" button.)

2. Click on the folder or subfolder in which you wish to nest the new
folder you want to create.

3. Then, click on the "New Folder" button and type in the name you wish to
give that folder.

4. Then click on the "Create" button to the right of where you just typed
the new folder's name.

Voila! Your new file is nested in the new folder you created in whatever
part of the directory you wish to save it in.

And now, so I don't forget, I'm going to save what I just wrote and save it
as an Entourage "Note" titled Word: Create new folder when save a document.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Thanks Norman, sorry, I actually did know all that, I just rarely use it and
forgot about it, especially with the shift in Word's default folders, which
has me tending to save everything to the desktop and sort it later. It
seemed to me, from reading comments in PC newsgroups, that PC people did
much more than just finding and creating folders via Word's File Open
dialog, but I didn't really pay attention to the details. My general
impression was just that PC people are accustomed to using Word to do many
things that Finder can do (in my opinion more easily). When introducing PC
people to Macs (at work), there are a few crucial things I usually explain,
but it never occurred to me that file organization was part of the mindset
difference until Carolann asked her question.

Dayo