18.5. Working with Network Files

Now that you know how to open shared drives and folders from across the network, you can start using the files you find there. Fortunately, there's nothing much to it. Here are some of the possibilities:

18.5.1. At the Desktop

When you're working at the desktop, you can double-click icons to open them, drag them to the Recycle Bin, make copies of them, and otherwise manipulate them exactly as though they were icons on your own hard drive. Chapter 4 contains much more detail on manipulating files. (Of course, if you weren't given permission to change the contents of the shared folder, as described earlier in this chapter, you have less freedom.)