3 Ways To Create A Computer File

You can also press ⊞ Win+E to open the File Explorer.

You can also just right-click a blank space in the window to prompt a drop-down menu.

If you’re using the right-click menu, select New in the drop-down menu to prompt a pop-out menu.

If the file type you want to create isn’t listed in the menu, see the final method for details on creating a file from within a program.

You can double-click the file to open it.

If you want to create a file or document, see the final method.

For example, to create a new folder in the “Downloads” folder, you would click Downloads on the left side of the Finder window.

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Some programs, such as Paint 3D on Windows computers, will have a New or New Project on the opening page of the program. If so, skip this step.

Some programs, such as Adobe CC, may require you to enter details about the project or select a template before proceeding.

Some programs, such as Adobe CC, may require you to enter details about the project or select a template before proceeding.

You can also click File and then click Save As. If pressing Ctrl+S or ⌘ Command+S doesn’t do anything, it’s probably because you already created your file during the New process. This is common for Adobe CC programs.

For example, to save a file on the desktop, you would click the Desktop folder. On a Mac, you may instead need to click the “Where” drop-down box and then click the folder in which you want to save the file in the resulting drop-down menu.