lesson 4 moving and resizing windows
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Lesson4
Windowsallowsyoutoeasilyenlarge,hide,orshrinkawindowusingtheMinimize,Maximize,andRestorebuttons.
TheMinimizebuttonisamongthethreebuttonsattherightendofthetitlebar.Thisbuttonhasasmalldash(orminussign).TheMinimizebuttonshrinksthewindowandplacesitonthetaskbarwhileleavingtheprogramrunning.
TheMaximizebutton,whichlookslikeasmallwindow,isusedtoenlargeawindowtocovertheentiredesktop.
Afterawindowismaximized,theMaximizebuttonchangestotheRestorebutton.Itlooksliketwowindowsnearoneanother.IfyouclicktheRestorebutton,themaximizedwindowshrinkstoitsprevioussize(thesizeitwasbeforeyoumaximizedit).
Sizingwindowisslightlydifferentfromminimizing,restoring,ormaximizing.Note:Youcannotsizeawindowifit'sbeenmaximized.
Hoverthemousepointeroveranycornerofthewindow.(Youcanalsoplacethepointeroverthebordersofthewindow.)
Themousepointerchangesintoadouble‐headedarrow.
Clickandholddowntheleftmousebutton.
Dragthearrowoutorintomakethewindowlargerorsmaller.
Releasethemousebuttonwhenthewindowisthesizeyouwant.
Makesurethemousepointerchangeintoatwo‐headedarrowbeforeyoutrytosizethewindow.
Sometimesawindowmayobscureanitemyouwanttoclickonorv
Placethemousepointeroverthetitlebar(atthetopofthewindow).
Clickandholddowntheleftmousebutton.(YoucannotmoveawindowthathasbeenmaximizedotherthantousetheMinimizebutton.)
Dragthewindowtotheplacewhereyouwantitandreleasethemousebutton
Sometimes,movingandsizingmultiplewindowscancreateconfusion.Tokeepbettertrackofmultiplewindows,trycascadingortilingthewindows.
Cascadingwindowsarelayeredontopofeachother.
Tiledwindowsarenexttoeachother.Windowscanbetiledhorizontallyorvertically.Ifwindowsaretiledhorizontally,theyappearoneaboveanother.Ifwindowsaretiledvertically,theyappearsidebyside.
Withtwoormorewindowsopen,right‐clickonablankareaofthetaskbar.
ChooseCascadeWindows,TileWindowsHorizontally,orTileWindowsVertically.
Right‐clickonablankareaofthetaskbar.
SelecttheUndocommand.
Right‐clickonablankareaofthetaskbar.
ChooseShowtheDesktop.
WindowsXPallowsyoutohavemorethanoneprogramopenatthesametime.Italsoallowsyoutoeasilymovebetweenopenwindows.Thewindowyouselectbecomestheactivewindow.Whenawindowisactiveonthedesktop,itstitlebar(andbuttononthetaskbar)isblue.Whenawindowisinactive,thetitlebarislightblue.
Openmorethanoneprogram.
Sizethewindowssothey'reopenonthedesktop.
Clickonanypartofthewindowyouwanttoworkwith.
OR Clicktheprogram
buttonsonthetaskbartoactivatethewindowyouwanttoworkwith.
UnlikepreviousversionsofWindows,WindowsXPkeepsthetaskbarfromgettingtoocluttered.Itgroupsthebuttonswhentoomanyaccumulateonthetaskbar.Forexample,whenyouopenOutlookExpress,you'llseeonebuttononthetaskbar.However,ifyouhavethreeormoreemailmessagewindowsopen,onebuttonrepresentstheOutlookExpress'sopenwindows.
Simplyclickthebuttontoselectfromthepop‐uplistofopenwindows.
Whenyouhavemorethanonewindowopen,youcanalsoswitchbetweenthemusingthekeyboard.
Openmorethanoneprogramorwindow.
PressandholddowntheAltkeywhilepressingtheTabkey.
Amenufeaturingfileandprogramiconsappears.
Tabtothewindowyouwanttoview.Onceit'soutlinedwithabox,releasebothkeys.
Practiceminimizing,maximizing,andrestoringwindows
MoveawindowusingtheTitlebar
Clickanddragtoresizeawindow
Practicetilingandcascadingwindows
Switchbetweenwindowsusingbothmethodsdescribedinthislesson.