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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Operating System
Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows
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Using the taskbar
If you have application windows open on the desktop, you
can rearrange them by right-clicking on the program’s button
on the taskbar, and clicking the desired option. You have the
following options:
❖
Move the window
❖
Size the window
❖
Minimize the window — display only the taskbar button
❖
Maximize the window
❖
Close the window
Choose your option depending on how you wish to set up
your desktop.
Minimizing and maximizing windows
1
To make the Explorer window the active window, click
the
Windows Explorer
button on the taskbar.
The operating system highlights the Windows
®
Explorer
title bar to show that Windows
®
Explorer is the active
window.
2
Click the
Minimize
button at the top-right of the
Explorer window to hide the window.
Windows
®
Explorer disappears from the desktop.
However, it is still open, as you can see from the taskbar.
HINT: Minimizing program windows is a good way to clean up the
desktop without actually closing programs.
3
Click the
Maximize
button in the top-right corner of the
Paint window.