If you work in an office, the odds are good that you have shared locations for files and folders. Your office might have a Projects share, for example, where you keep project folders and related files.
Suppose you need to direct your buddy John to a specific file in one of these project folders? What’s the easiest way to do it?
Well, you could type out directions to the file, such as Company Projects > Active Projects > 2012 > March > Some Project > Some Folder > Some Other Folder > Some File. Of course, this takes time. A few seconds here and there doesn’t sound like a lot, but it all adds up. There’s also a lot of back and forth, looking at the file and going back through its parent folders, trying to figure out its exact path. It’s easy to make a mistake, typing a folder name incorrectly, making it difficult for John to follow your roadmap and find the file in question. Maybe you could open up the folder in list view, expand the folders down to the file, take a screenshot, and email it to John? What a hassle. There has to be an easier way.
