Organising your files in a methodical and meaningful way to their purpose and use can help locate and understand them in the future. Our guidelines will help ensure your files retain their context and discoverability. As with file naming, file organising is something than can be an afterthought if time is short. It is, however, worthwhile taking the extra few seconds to think about saving your files in a folder that is appropriate to its purpose or use. This will greatly improve your ability to efficiently locate your files and also give some context to what those files are and they’re level of importance. Make your folder names short but meaningful Avoid abbreviations, acronyms or personal names, such as ‘Margaret’s stuff’ Consider nesting folders beneath a parent if this suits, such as Articles 2014 2015 2016 Consider naming folders so you can group files according to activity or subject Consider adding additional description to your files through the file properties option if this is permitted. You can supplement your files with additional information such as Title, Subject, Tags and Comments. Consider deleting any files that are no longer of importance or are ephemeral This article was published on 2024-08-21
