Jan's Working with Windows 10:

Step-by-Step: Select Folders

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What you will learn:

to select and move multiple folders by dragging to select a folder by clicking to select folders that are adjacent to select folders that are not adjacent to deselect folders

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Start with: , Removable drive

Select & Move Multiple Folders: Drag

There are several ways to select multiple folders. The marquee select method used here is particularly useful when the icons for your files and folders are next to each other.

1. Click in a blank spot below and right of the farthest item in the window showing the contents of the my docs folder on your removable drive and  drag.
   A box called the marquee appears as you drag. (Pronounced . It's French.)

   You can only select in one direction at a time. If you reverse your direction, you deselect. 

2. Keep dragging until the box covers enough of the icons for all of the remaining folders to become highlighted, which shows that they are selected.  

   Your marquee box does not have to completely enclose the icons. But just touching is not quite enough. In the illustration look at the icons for course info and reports. The selection box includes only about part of the name of the box, yet the whole icon shows as selected.

3. Now release the mouse button.
   This method is called marquee select.
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   Drag on any of the selected folders and drop in the class window.

   All selected folders are dragged!

   The dragged icon shows the number of objects you are dragging. This is very helpful when you are moving or copying a large number of items.

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Select in Contents Pane

1. In the Navigation pane, click on the name of your removable drive to select it.
   The name is highlighted and the Contents pane shows what is on the drive.
2. If necessary, change the view of your Class drive to Details view.
3. In the right pane, click on the folder name my docs to select it.
   The name is highlighted and the Class drive has a gray highlight instead of blue in the folder tree.
   

4. Expand folder tree: Click the arrow beside the removable drive in the left pane.
   The folder tree expands to show the folders on the drive. The drive now has the blue highlight to show it is the active selection.
   

   The folder my docs in the right pane is still selected but the highlight is gray for 'inactive'.

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Select Adjacent Folders: SHIFT key

1. If necessary, in the left pane, click on the folder class to select it.
   The right pane now shows the three folders that you created.
2. Click on the folder excel docs in the Contents pane to select it.
3. Hold the SHIFT key down and click on the folder word docs.
   All folders in between are selected.

   This method doesn't work on the folder tree!

   Difference in views: The technique will also work other views, but what is considered to be "between" depends on what view is in use. Remember that some views list items going across the pane and some list going down the pane. You can have an unhappy surprise if you don't notice which view you are using when you select.  

4. Click in a blank spot in the right pane to deselect the folders.

Alternate method: Only keys
Once the focus is in the Contents pane, use the arrow keys to move to the folder that is first or last in the set of adjacent folders you want to select. Hold the SHIFT key down while using the arrow keys to move to the other end of the sequence. All items in between are selected.

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Select Adjacent Folders: Drag

1. Drag from a blank spot in the right pane below the folders until the marquee select has highlighted the same folders (from excel docs to word docs) in the pane. Release the mouse button.
   All folders between are selected.

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Select/Deselect Folders- Not Adjacent: CTRL key

1. With the folders selected from the previous step, hold the CTRL key down and click on the folder term papers and move the pointer off the icon.
   The folder term papers is no longer selected but the other folders remain selected.

   Using the CTRL key selects or deselects files and folders one at a time. You can use this method to select items that are not next to each other (non-adjacent). Again, this doesn't work on the folder tree. It works in the Contents pane.

2. Deselect: Click in a blank area of the window to deselect all folders.
3. Click on the folder excel docs, hold the CTRL key down, and click on the folder word docs.
   Once again two folders are selected which are non-adjacent.
4. Experiment: Selecting in different views
   Apply different views and experiment with selecting a number of adjacent and non-adjacent items. Can you anticipate which items will be selected when SHIFT is held down?