Find a File on Your Computer (Microsoft Windows)

Your computer's files have names like myletter.doc or finance.xls. The part before the "dot" (such as myletter) is your description of the file. The part after the "dot" (such as doc) is called the extension. It tells the computer which type of file it is. Because myletter.doc has the extension of doc, the computer knows it is a Microsoft Word file, because doc is the extension associated with Microsoft Word. To help you understand further, click here to quiz yourself on this material. The quiz will pop up in a new window, so you won't lose your place in this tutorial.

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