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authorPhil Bull <philbull@gmail.com>2010-06-23 16:21:00 +0100
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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="files-copy">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="files"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="files-move"/>
+ <desc>Make a copy of a file or folder in a new location.</desc>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2010-06-16" status="final"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Cristopher Thomas</name>
+ <email>crisnoh@gmail.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+
+ </info>
+
+<title>Copying Files and Folders</title>
+
+<p>
+A file or folder can be copied to a new location by dragging and dropping with the mouse, or you can use the copy and paste commands. This can be useful when creating a folder containing files to email to a friend or coworker, or when backing up individual files to an external storage device.
+</p>
+
+<steps>
+<title>Drag Files to the New Location</title>
+<item><p>Open the file browser to the folder containing the item you want to copy.</p></item>
+<item><p>Open a second file browser window by clicking <guiseq><gui>Places</gui><gui>Home Folder</gui></guiseq> in the main menubar.</p></item>
+<item><p>In the second window, navigate to the folder where you want to put the copy of the item.</p></item>
+<item><p>Back in the first window, click on the item once to select it. Hold down the <key>Ctrl</key> key, then drag the item to the new destination.</p></item>
+<item><p>Let go of the mouse button to copy it to the new destination. You can let go of the <key>Ctrl</key> key too.</p></item>
+</steps>
+
+<steps>
+<title>Copy and Paste to the New Location</title>
+<item><p>Select the item you want to copy by clicking on it once.</p></item>
+<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Copy</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
+<item><p>Navigate to the folder where you want to put the copy of the item.</p></item>
+<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Paste</gui></guiseq> to finish copying the item.</p></item>
+</steps>
+</page>