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:*'''Compact''' View displays files/folders as SMALL icons. In this type of view, the user can only navigate to sub-folders by pointing and clicking on to the folder. It does not provide any additional information regarding the file/folder except for name.
[[Image:files4.png|thumb|400px|The '''Nautilus''' application display '''extra pane''' to simplify movement or copying of files.]]
=====Display Hidden Files=====
When creating files and folder, beginning the file or folder name with a period "." will hide it from default view. The idea behind this concept of "hiding" files is "out of sight, out of mind", meaning that people will not go to the trouble of viewing hidden files or folders, so they are generally unnoticed.
General users of the Westminster computer lab will not have any reason to hide their files or folders. Files are usually hidden if they are configuration files, and are designed to be generally ignored and left-alone.
To view both hidden and non-hidden files and folders, you would select the '''View''' menu, and select '''"view hidden files"''' option.
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=====Creating Folders=====
====Common File Management Operations====