Week 1: Tip Turn on extensions in Windows XP, Vista and Win7 AND Macs too!

Howdy
Almost forgot.  It's important that you know the extension of your files, especially for your graphics, photos and movies.

Mac and Windows OS's by default hide the 3 letter file extension for all files... You need to know what they are as the extensions are part of the filename and is needed by ALL browsers so they knows what to do with the file... Here's how you set that up

On Windows XP

• Open My Computer, and select Folder Options from the Tools menu
• Click on the View tab, turn off Hide MS-DOS file extensions for known file types, by unchecking the box 
• Press OK.

On Windows Vista

• Go to My Computer and choose Organize > Folder and Search Options
• Select the View tab and deselect "Hide extensions" for known file types 
• Press OK. 

On Windows 7

• Open an Explorer window and choose Organize > Folder and Search Options
• Select the View tab -- and deselect the Hide extensions for known file types
• Press OK. 

To see the above with pictures and arrows go to  Indezine.com 

Making Extensions visible in OS X (Mac)

open the Finder, then choose
Menu
Finder > Preferences
Choose the Advanced Tab
Check the Show all file extensions box







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