Toshiba Portégé 650CT User Manual page 53

Lesson 6: Resizing and Reshaping Windows
Lesson 6: Resizing and Reshaping Windows
If you've been following the steps in this chapter, you now have
several windows open on your desktop. You can resize windows
so you can see more than one of them at a time. You can also hide
windows by removing them from the desktop without actually
closing your document or program. In this lesson you will learn
how to do both of these things.
Windows Explorer open on the desktop
First, notice the three buttons on the right-hand side of the title bar
on the Windows Explorer window and the Paint window. From
left to right these are the minimize, maximize and close buttons.
Most windows have these three buttons.
To learn how to use these buttons, follow these steps:
1 To make the Windows Explorer window the active win-
dow, click the Windows Explorer button on the taskbar.
Windows displays Windows Explorer on top of other win-
dows on the desktop and highlights the menu bar to show it is
the active window.
2 To remove Windows Explorer from the desktop, click the
minimize button at the top right of the Explorer window.
Windows Explorer disappears from the desktop. However, it's
still open, as you can see from the taskbar.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer
Getting to Know the Desktop
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