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.If the Address bar isn talready open, open it.Then drag the tiny icon that appears within the Address bar onto the Links barand drop it between any existing links in the Links bar.It s possible that your Links bar won t be large enough to display all available links.When that occurs,you can click the >> arrows at the right of the Links bar to view remaining links.To rename a link, right click its icon in the Links bar and choose Rename.Enter a new name (or edit theexisting name) in the dialog box that appears.To remove a link, just click its icon in the bar and chooseDelete.The Status barThe optional Status bar in Explorer provides brief information about whatever you re viewing in Explorerat the moment.It also offers the standard sizing pad, which you can drag to resize the window.You canpage 47Windows XP Biblesee an example along the bottom of the Explorer window shown in Figure 2-26.Choose View ’! StatusBar from the Explorer menu bar to hide or display the Status bar.Searching for Lost FilesIt s not unusual, especially among beginners, to lose files on a hard disk.You might download a filefrom the Internet or create and save some document without paying much attention to where you put itor what you named it.Or, you may be digging around for some document you created ages ago, andhave long since lost track of its name and/or location.The Explorer Search Companion will help you findit.Cross- Newbies take note.Chapter 3 teaches you all about creating and savingReference documents.Chapter 6 explains how to download files from the Internet.To open the Search Companion:If you re already in Windows Explorer, just click the Search button in the Standard Buttonstoolbar.Or, choose View ’! Explorer Bar ’! Search.Or, press Ctrl+E.Or, if you re not in Windows Explorer, click the Start button and choose Search.The first time the Search Companion opens, you ll see a prompt asking whether you want to searchwith, or without, an animated screen character.This is a one-time question, so you might not see it atall.Frankly, it makes little difference which you choose, unless you happen to be fond of animated dogs.You can change your mind at any time by choosing Change Preferences within the Search bar.The first set of options to appear in the Search Companion bar, shown in Figure 2-27, are as follows:Pictures, music, or video: This option limits the results of the search to those types of files.Documents: This option limits the search to document files that go with specific programs,such as Word documents, Excel documents, and so forth.All files and folders: This option returns search results with all types of files.Computers or people: This option enables you to search for computers in a local network,people in your address book, or the Internet.Information in Help and Support Center: This option plays the same role as the Searchoption in Windows Help.Figure 2-27: The Search Companion, with the animated characterThe options that appear next depend on what you select.To see the full range of searching options, youneed to click Use Advanced Search Options.You can fill in any information you do know about the file.page 48Windows XP BibleIf you don t know a specific piece of information about a file (such as its size), leave that option blank.Staying with the example of searching for lost files or folders, you ll likely be given the following options:All or part of filename: If you know anything about the name of the file, you can enter thathere.For music, videos, and other media files, you can even add information that s notspecifically in the file name, but elsewhere in the file s properties.For example, searching for Hendrix in music and sound files will find files with Hendrix in the file name, the artist name,album name, and so forth.A word or phrase in the file: If you don t remember the name of the file, but remembersomething about its contents, you can enter that here.If you re searching for a letter written toJack Jones, for example, and are pretty sure the letter contains  Dear Jack or  Dear Mr.Jones, you can enter Jack or Jones as the content to search for.Look in: This option enables you to expand or narrow the search to certain drives or folders.Ifyou know the file is in My Documents or one of the folders contained within My Documents, forinstance, you can choose My Documents as the place to look in.This speeds up the search,because only that folder (and its subfolders) are searched [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]