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Adding descriptions to folders in Web view

Are you using Web view in Windows Explorer? If so, you can use the Customise This Folder tool to add descriptions to your folders. Doing so makes it very easy to identify quickly exactly, what is in a particular folder.

To begin, access the folder to which you want to add a description. Next, right-click on a blank area of the folder, and select the Customise This Folder command. When you see the introduction page of the Customise This Folder Wizard, click the Next button. On the next page, select on the Add Folder Comment check box and click next. Then, in the Folder Comment text box, type your description either in plain text or as HTML code.

Changing the font

Have you ever wanted to change the font Windows uses to display file and folder names in Windows Explorer? Fortunately doing so is easy. Windows Explorer uses the same font that Windows uses for icon titles on your desktop: MS Sans Serif. Therefore, in order to change the font in Windows Explorer, all you have to do is change the font used for desktop icons.

To do so, right-click on the desktop and select the Properties command. When you see, the Display Properties dialog box, select the Appearance tab, and choose Icon from the Item drop-down list. Next, click the Font drop-down arrow and select a font from the list of available fonts. To preview your font changes as you are making them, open Windows Explorer and arrange the windows. You can see several icons on the desktop and the Windows Explorer window behind the Display Properties dialog box. Now, as you make a change, click the Apply button to see what the new font looks like as an icon title and as text in Windows Explorer.

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