Creating a desktop shortcut
In order to access some documents or programs more quickly it is often useful to create a desktop shortcut, allowing immediate access to the file without having to find your way through folders to the location where it is stored.
This short blog post will provide a simple walk through, helping you create shortcuts quickly and easily to optimise your work
1. Right click on an area of the desktop where there is not already a shortcut
2. Select New from the context menu
3. Select Shortcut from that list
4. The Create Shortcut Wizard then launches
5. Click on the Bowse button
6. Navigate to the folder where your file is stored, select it and click "Ok"
7. Click Next on the Create Shortcut Wizard screen
8. If you want to chose a different name for your shortcut, type it in the "Type a name for this shortcut now" box now. Otherwise leave it as the file name.
9. Click on the Finish button
10. A shortcut to your file will have been created on the desktop. Click on the shortcut to open the file.