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Page 1: Lesson 4   moving and resizing windows

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  Windowsallowsyoutoeasilyenlarge,hide,orshrinkawindowusingtheMinimize,Maximize,andRestorebuttons.

  TheMinimizebuttonisamongthethreebuttonsattherightendofthetitlebar.Thisbuttonhasasmalldash(orminussign).TheMinimizebuttonshrinksthewindowandplacesitonthetaskbarwhileleavingtheprogramrunning.

  TheMaximizebutton,whichlookslikeasmallwindow,isusedtoenlargeawindowtocovertheentiredesktop.

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  Afterawindowismaximized,theMaximizebuttonchangestotheRestorebutton.Itlooksliketwowindowsnearoneanother.IfyouclicktheRestorebutton,themaximizedwindowshrinkstoitsprevioussize(thesizeitwasbeforeyoumaximizedit).

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  Sizingwindowisslightlydifferentfromminimizing,restoring,ormaximizing.Note:Youcannotsizeawindowifit'sbeenmaximized.

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  Hoverthemousepointeroveranycornerofthewindow.(Youcanalsoplacethepointeroverthebordersofthewindow.)

  Themousepointerchangesintoadouble‐headedarrow.

  Clickandholddowntheleftmousebutton.

  Dragthearrowoutorintomakethewindowlargerorsmaller.

  Releasethemousebuttonwhenthewindowisthesizeyouwant.

Makesurethemousepointerchangeintoatwo‐headedarrowbeforeyoutrytosizethewindow.

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  Sometimesawindowmayobscureanitemyouwanttoclickonorv

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  Placethemousepointeroverthetitlebar(atthetopofthewindow).

  Clickandholddowntheleftmousebutton.(YoucannotmoveawindowthathasbeenmaximizedotherthantousetheMinimizebutton.)

  Dragthewindowtotheplacewhereyouwantitandreleasethemousebutton

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Sometimes,movingandsizingmultiplewindowscancreateconfusion.Tokeepbettertrackofmultiplewindows,trycascadingortilingthewindows.

  Cascadingwindowsarelayeredontopofeachother.

  Tiledwindowsarenexttoeachother.Windowscanbetiledhorizontallyorvertically.Ifwindowsaretiledhorizontally,theyappearoneaboveanother.Ifwindowsaretiledvertically,theyappearsidebyside.

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  Withtwoormorewindowsopen,right‐clickonablankareaofthetaskbar.

  ChooseCascadeWindows,TileWindowsHorizontally,orTileWindowsVertically.

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  Right‐clickonablankareaofthetaskbar.

  SelecttheUndocommand.

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  Right‐clickonablankareaofthetaskbar.

  ChooseShowtheDesktop.

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  WindowsXPallowsyoutohavemorethanoneprogramopenatthesametime.Italsoallowsyoutoeasilymovebetweenopenwindows.Thewindowyouselectbecomestheactivewindow.Whenawindowisactiveonthedesktop,itstitlebar(andbuttononthetaskbar)isblue.Whenawindowisinactive,thetitlebarislightblue.

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  Openmorethanoneprogram.

  Sizethewindowssothey'reopenonthedesktop.

  Clickonanypartofthewindowyouwanttoworkwith.

  OR  Clicktheprogram

buttonsonthetaskbartoactivatethewindowyouwanttoworkwith.

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  UnlikepreviousversionsofWindows,WindowsXPkeepsthetaskbarfromgettingtoocluttered.Itgroupsthebuttonswhentoomanyaccumulateonthetaskbar.Forexample,whenyouopenOutlookExpress,you'llseeonebuttononthetaskbar.However,ifyouhavethreeormoreemailmessagewindowsopen,onebuttonrepresentstheOutlookExpress'sopenwindows.

  Simplyclickthebuttontoselectfromthepop‐uplistofopenwindows.

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  Whenyouhavemorethanonewindowopen,youcanalsoswitchbetweenthemusingthekeyboard.

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  Openmorethanoneprogramorwindow.

  PressandholddowntheAltkeywhilepressingtheTabkey.

  Amenufeaturingfileandprogramiconsappears.

  Tabtothewindowyouwanttoview.Onceit'soutlinedwithabox,releasebothkeys.

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  Practiceminimizing,maximizing,andrestoringwindows

  MoveawindowusingtheTitlebar

  Clickanddragtoresizeawindow

  Practicetilingandcascadingwindows

  Switchbetweenwindowsusingbothmethodsdescribedinthislesson.