Arranging windows

You can place your windows in work areas:

• according to the kind of task. Put the application you use to read and send mail in one work area, Desktop accessories in another, your word processor in a third, and so on.

• according to project. Put folders corresponding to different projects you are working on into different work areas. You can then move an application such as a word processor, spreadsheet, or database, from one work area to another when you need to use files from different folders.

• name your work areas according to the role that they perform. For example:

  
  Accessories

  clock, calculator, and calendar

  
  Home

  your home directory

  
  Draw

  drawing package and picture files

  
  Accounts

  accounting package or spreadsheet and data files

  
  Project tools

  project management applications to perform time management and critical path analysis

  
  Publications

  word processing package and document files

  
  Human resources

  resumes of staff members (perhaps using scanned photographs for the icon image and names for icon labels)

  
  Personal

  applications and directories for your own personal use

  
  Games

  games and pastimes

See also:

• ``Moving windows around your workspace''

• ``Naming work areas''