Re: Organizing Compressed Files
Terri Ettling-Shell
I think I am just frustrated when I go to look for something I know I have seen or even already completed and then can’t find it. Are any of you keeping something like a note book with pics and instructions? I have also been forgetting to take pics of my projects. This is so frustration to e because I am a special education teacher and you have to be extremely organized and lets just say that I am beyond anal about order. I can always put my hand on what I want in the classroom. I have also thought that if I create a blog this would help. Those of you with blogs is this true or just more work to get worried about? Thanks for all the suggestions and ideas.
Terri Ettling-Shell
From: MTC_Tuts@... [mailto:MTC_Tuts@...] On Behalf Of happy42beme
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:42 PM To: MTC_Tuts@... Subject: [MTC_Tuts] Re: Organizing Compressed Files
The way I keep my files is I use Dropbox for my main folder, that way I won't loose my files. I unzip, always. Sometime there is a password so you want to make sure you can get it if it is required. I have a folder in the dropbox folder labeled 'cut files'. I use this one folder for all of my cut files (no matter what type they are). Inside the 'cut files' folder I have files named 'flowers', 'christmas', 'animals', 'celebration', 'holiday', etc. If the folder contains a lot of files, I break it down a little more. Example: 'animals' could break down to 'horses', 'cows', 'mice', 'cats', etc. Then I keep all the file types for a file in one folder. Say I download a horse but it has 3 different file formats, I keep them all together and always try to keep a picture in the folder too. When I want a horse file, I would go to dropbox, cut files, animals, horses (using thumbnails view) and look to see what I like for this project. Then I can look to see if I have the file format I need, or I can use what I have to make one. Also, each folder that contains the files is labeled with the initials from the person/place I got it and the initials also tell me what terms of use go with that file as I also keep a list of those in a folder. Lets say I get a cow running file from Quilling Patch. The folder with the files in it would be labeled 'cow running (QP)' and the terms of use is labeled (QP)Quilling Patch-tou. If I confused anyone, I am sorry. I can try to clear up any questions I created. No virus found in this message.
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