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Getting to Know the Windows Millennium Edition Operating
System
Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows
Maximize windows
Close windows
Choose your option depending on how you wish to set up your
desktop.
Minimizing and maximizing windows
1
To make the Windows 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.
The Paint window expands to fill the screen, hiding
everything except the taskbar. Notice that the Maximize
button has changed. It is now called the Restore button.
HINT: Maximizing a program is a good way to work when
you are only using that program and do not want any
distractions on the screen.
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