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You can add a folder to the Contents window to help organize the map's contents. Folders provide a means of organizing a map's contents thematically, rather than indicating how the map was built or the order in which its components draw; for example, your map may reflect how your enterprise organizes its assets, say by administrative unit or geographically. A folder may contain other items of a map: layers, notes, views, links, and other folders. You can associate a view with a folder by clicking Set Default View on the Tools tab or Set View in the Folder Properties dialog. You can navigate to the folder's view by clicking Go To on the Tools tab.

The following table summarizes the actions you can perform on a folder; the controls are present on the Tools tab and/or on the context menu that appears when you right-click a folder.

Click | To do this
Go To | Navigate to the folder's view if it exists.
Share | Share the folder to a Map Content file (.nmc)
E-Mail | Send a copy of the current folder as an attachment to an e-mail message.
Remove | Remove the folder and its contents. Note that you can't undo this operation.
Rename | Select the folder's name for editing.
Move to Folder | Move the folder and its contents to another folder.
Sort | Sort the contents of a folder alphabetically by name.
Set Default View | Associate the current view with the folder.
Properties | Display the Folder Properties dialog, in which you can set its view.