File Operations & Typing Fluency
Copy vs cut, renaming with F2, the Recycle Bin, USB drives and safe ejection, typing fluency.
⌨️ Start with your 10-minute typing warm-upBy the end, you will be able to:
- Explain the difference between Copy and Cut, use Ctrl + C, Ctrl + X and Ctrl + V, and undo a mistake with Ctrl + Z.
- Rename a file with F2 using the BIH naming standard.
- Delete a file and restore it from the Recycle Bin, and explain why emptying the bin is final.
- Insert a USB pen drive gently and eject it safely.
- Type top-row letters by reaching from home row and snapping back.
What you need
No computer at home? Print the PDF and practise on paper.
Follow these steps in order
Tick each step when you finish it. Your ticks are saved on this device, so you can stop and come back later.
Learn the ideas ⏱️ 35 min
Read pages 1–4 of the workbook and try every small task. Type your answers straight into the boxes: they save by themselves.
Explore the 3D lab ⏱️ 15 min
Play with the 3D model below. The 🎯 missions tell you exactly what to do next. When you finish every mission, this step ticks itself.
Do the Lab Mission ⏱️ 25 min
Page 5 is the hands-on task. Do it on a real computer, step by step. You need: a computer with File Explorer; a USB pen drive if you have one.
Check yourself ⏱️ 10 min
Answer the questions on page 6 without looking back, then check your answers below.
Finished? Check your answers
Check Your Knowledge (Page 2) No. Emptying the Recycle Bin removes the file permanently, so there is nothing left to restore. Restore only works while the file is still in the bin.
Match the keyboard shortcut
- Ctrl + C: copy (duplicate) the selected file.
- Ctrl + X: cut (move) the selected file.
- Ctrl + V: paste the item you copied or cut.
- Ctrl + Z: undo the last mistake immediately.
- F2 key: rename the highlighted file instantly.
Written review questions
- Copy & Paste, because it leaves the original on the school computer and puts a twin on the friend's pen drive. Cut would remove your own copy.
- Pulling the drive out while the computer is still saving can corrupt or destroy the files on it.
- The left middle finger (it reaches up from D to E).
Rate yourself and save your work ⏱️ 5 min
Tick how confident you feel on the last page, then press 🖨 Print / Save as PDF in the workbook to keep a copy. On a shared computer, press Clear my answers when you have saved it.
🎉 Session 5 complete!
Brilliant work. Next up: Session 6: Inside the Computer: Processor, Memory & Storage.
Go to Session 6 →📁 The Filing Tree
Walk from the drive down to a file. Copy, cut, rename and delete files, then rescue them from the Recycle Bin. Follow the 🎯 missions on the right: they tell you what to do next.
Stuck? Try this
Most problems are one missed word. Look for the Panic Button or Help box in the workbook.
Refresh the page. On a very old computer it may not show 3D. The workbook still has everything you need.
Answers save on the computer you typed them on. Open the workbook on that same computer and browser.
Ask your mentor, a teacher or a friend. Show them the step number you are on.