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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:ui="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/ui/" type="topic" style="task" id="files-copy" xml:lang="id">
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<link type="guide" xref="files"/>
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<desc>Copy or move items to a new folder.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="outdated"/>
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<name>Cristopher Thomas</name>
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<email>crisnoh@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
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<email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Andika Triwidada</mal:name>
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<mal:email>andika@gmail.com</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2011, 2012</mal:years>
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<title>Copy or move files and folders</title>
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<p>A file or folder can be copied or moved to a new location by dragging and
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dropping with the mouse, using the copy and paste commands, or by using
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keyboard shortcuts.</p>
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<p>For example, you might want to copy a presentation onto a memory stick so
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you can take it to work with you. Or, you could make a back-up copy of a
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document before you make changes to it (and then use the old copy if you don't
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like your changes).</p>
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<p>These instructions apply to both files and folders. You copy and move files
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and folders in exactly the same way.</p>
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<steps ui:expanded="no">
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<title>Copy and paste files</title>
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<item><p>Select the file you want to copy by clicking on it once.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Copy</gui></guiseq>, or press
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Navigate to another folder, where you want to put the copy of the
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<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Paste</gui></guiseq> to finish
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copying the file, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>. There
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will now be a copy of the file in the original folder and the other
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<steps ui:expanded="no">
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<title>Cut and paste files to move them</title>
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<item><p>Select the file you want to move by clicking on it once.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Cut</gui></guiseq>, or press
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>X</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Navigate to another folder, where you want to move the file.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Paste</gui></guiseq> to finish moving
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the file, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>. The file will
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be taken out of its original folder and moved to the other folder.</p></item>
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<steps ui:expanded="no">
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<title>Drag files to copy or move</title>
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<item><p>Open the file manager and go to the folder which contains the file you
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want to copy.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>New Window</gui></guiseq> (or press
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq>) to open a second window. In the
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new window, navigate to the folder where you want to move or copy the file.
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<p>Click and drag the file from one window to another. This will
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<em>move it</em> if the destination is on the <em>same</em> device, or
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<em>copy it</em> if the destination is on a <em>different</em> device.</p>
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<p>For example, if you drag a file from a USB memory stick to your Home folder,
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it will be copied, because you're dragging from one device to another.</p>
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<p>You can force the file to be copied by holding down the <key>Ctrl</key> key
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while dragging, or force it to be moved by holding down the <key>Shift</key>
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key while dragging.</p>
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<p>You can't copy or move a file into a folder that is <em>read-only</em>. Some
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folders are read-only to prevent you from making changes to their contents. You
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can change things from being read-only by
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<link xref="nautilus-file-properties-permissions">changing file permissions
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