Viewing More Properties

Explorer’s Details view is the preferred choice for power users because it displays a great deal of information in a relatively compact format. (The Content view also provides lots of information, but each object takes up quite a bit of space, and the object properties that you see aren’t customizable.) Details view also gives you a great deal of flexibility. For example, here are some techniques to you can use when working with the Details view:

• You can change the order of the property columns by dragging the column headings to the left or right.

• You can sort on a column by clicking the column heading.

• You can adjust the width of a column by pointing the mouse at the right edge of the column’s heading (the pointer ...

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