Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 78

Viewing Information about Files and Folders Information about the file or folder you selected You can view notes about the file or folder here. A file or folder has 2 names: a regular name that you use to refer to it (the name you gave it, perhaps) and the name the system uses, called the DOS name. "To find information about files and folders: 1. Select one or more files or folders. 2. Choose Get File Information from the File menu. A dialog box appears showing information about the first file or folder you selected. S Name. This is the name that you usually use to refer to the file or folder. S DOS Name. This is the DOS name that your system uses to easily recognize the file or folder. A DOS name has eight characters with a three character extension. The DOS name may not resemble the other name. S Path. This is the location of the file, showing how you can get to it. S Last Modification. This is the time and date of the last change that was made to the file or folder. S Created. This is the time and date that the file or folder was created. S Attributes. The letters below (A, D, etc.) stand for attributes that have been given to a file. Archive. This attribute is used as a flag by some DOS commands. Directory. This indicates that the item is a DOS directory, which appears as a folder. Hidden. This indicates that DOS does not display the file or folder in a directory list. Read-Only. This indicates that you cannot modify the file or folder. System. This indicates that this is a special-purpose file or folder for use by DOS. Template. This indicates that this is an application template from Word Processing, Drawing, or Spreadsheet. File Manager 66