To cut a folder you must first have it selected, by clicking on either its folder name or its yellow folder icon. Once the folder is selected you then have the choice of two menu methods.

Fig 1.0  Select a Folder




Fig 1.1  Starting from the OPEN menu-item - Go down (or up) the menu-items until you reach CUT and then click the left mouse button

With menu method one (above); Place the mouse pointer over the selected folder and, whilst over the selected folder, click the right mouse button (right-click). Doing so will bring up the Options (context/pop-up) menu for that selected folder. Go down (or up) those menu-items with the mouse pointer until you reach the CUT menu-item. As you do this each menu-item will become highlighted, temporarily, as you go past it. When you have reached CUT and have it highlighted simply click the left mouse button to activate CUT.

Fig 1.2  CUT will fade out a folder, to denote that folder is ready to be moved elsewhere.

When CUT is activated the selected folder's yellow icon becomes ghosted/faded (above) and its name stays selected. This means the folder and its contents (sub-folders and files) are ready to be transferred (pasted) from their current place (i.e. from the DOCUMENTS folder) to a different place - You cannot transfer to the same place. CUT works by moving a folder and its contents into the computer's memory, ready to be pasted (transferred) to a different place later (see the How To Paste A Folder section).

Technically. You did not have to select the folder first, with this menu method, as a Right-Click acts as a Double Click. So in this case the Right-Click selects the folder and then displays the Options menu.

Menu method two uses the current folder's window menu to activate CUT. Once the folder is selected (Fig 1.0 above) click on the EDIT menu, which is located towards the top-left corner of the current folder's window. In this example, towards the top-left corner of the DOCUMENTS window.

Fig 1.3  Click on the EDIT menu to continue

After clicking on the EDIT menu its menu-items will appear (below). Go up (or down) the menu-items with the mouse pointer until you reach the CUT menu-item. As you do this each menu-item will become highlighted, temporarily, as you go past it. When you have reached CUT and have it highlighted simply click the left mouse button to activate CUT. Remember. A CUT will fade out a folder's yellow icon.

Fig 1.4  Starting from the top (UNDO DELETE) menu-item - Go down the menu-items until you reach CUT and then click the left mouse button

As you can see, the two menu methods are alike. And this is the case for most menus. So always check to see if there is a Right-Click menu available for the task you are doing.

Another way to cut a folder, once it is selected, is to use the CTRL and X keyboard key combination - Press the CTRL (Control) keyboard key down and, with CTRL still held down, press the X keyboard key (therefore CTRL and X). This is the quickest and easiest CUT method.

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