When you open a program, file or folder, it appears on your screen in a box or a window frame call (which is where the Windows operating system gets its name). Why are all the windows in Windows, it is important to understand how to move, resize it, or simply make them disappear.
Parts of a window
Although the contents of each window are different, all windows share some things in common. On the one hand, the windows always appear on the desktop, the main work area of the screen. In addition, most of the windows have the same basic parts:
Title bar. Displays the name of the document and program (or the folder name if you are working in a folder).
Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons. These buttons hide the window, expand it to cover the whole screen, and close, respectively (more details on these little).
Menu bar. Contains elements that can click to make decisions in a program. See Using menus, buttons, bars and boxes.
Scroll bar. It lets you scroll through the contents of the window to see the information that is currently out of sight.
The boundaries and corners. You can drag these with your mouse to resize the window.
Other windows may have additional buttons, boxes, or bars. But what we usually have the basic parts, too.
Move a window
To move a window, select your title bar with the mouse pointer. Then drag the window to the desired location. (Drag means to bring to an issue, holding the mouse button, move the issue with the pointer, and then release the mouse button.)
Changing the size of a window
To make a window fill the entire screen, click the Maximize button or double-click the window's title bar.
To return a maximized window to its previous size, click the Restore button (it appears in place of the Maximize button). Or, double-click the window's title bar.
To resize a window (which is smaller or larger), at any point in the window borders or corners. When the mouse pointer changes to a two-headed arrow (see photo below), drag the edge or corner to reduce or enlarge the window.
A window that is maximized can not be resized. You must return to its previous size in the first place.
Observe
While most of the windows can be resized up, and there are some windows that are fixed in size, such as dialog boxes.
Hide a window
Hide a window that is called minimization of the same. If you want a window of the house without temporarily close it, minimize it.
To minimize a window, click the minimize button. The window disappears from the desktop and is visible only as a button on the taskbar, the long horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen.
To make a minimized window will reappear on the desktop, click its button on the taskbar. The window appears exactly as it did before it was minimized. For more information about the taskbar, see The taskbar (overview).
Close a Window
Closing a window that eliminates from the desktop and the taskbar. If you're done with a program or document and does not need to return to it immediately, close it.
To close a window, click the Close button.
Observe
If you close a document without saving changes, a message that gives you the option to save your changes.
Switching between windows
If you open more than one program or document, the desktop can quickly become full of windows. Keeping track of open windows that have not always easy, because some windows could be partially or completely cover others.
Using the taskbar. The taskbar provides a way to organize all your windows. Each window has a button on the taskbar. To switch to another window, click its button on the taskbar. The window in front of all other windows, making it the active window, which is currently working in.
To easily identify a window, select the button on your taskbar. A small picture called A thumbnail that shows a thumbnail of the window. This preview is especially useful if you can not identify a window by its title alone.
If the taskbar gets too full of buttons, and buttons for the same program are grouped into a single button, as shown in the picture below. Click the button to see a menu of items in the group, then select a theme for which is the active window.
Using ALT TAB. You can change to the previous screen by pressing ALT TAB, or cycle through all open windows on the desktop, and by holding the ALT and repeatedly pressing TAB. ALT release window to display selected.
Using Windows Flip 3D. Windows Flip 3D Windows organizes three-dimensional stack that can quickly flip through. To use Flip 3D:
Hold down the Windows logo and press TAB to open Flip 3D.
While holding down the button with the Windows logo, press TAB repeatedly or rotate the mouse wheel to scroll through open windows. You can also press right arrow or down arrow to move forward toward a window, or press the left or the up arrow to move back a window.
Release the key with the Windows logo to display the window frontmost in the stack. Or, click on any part of any window in the stack to show that window.
Observe
Flip 3D and taskbar previews the window will not work unless your computer is running Windows Aero, the premium visual experience for Windows Vista. Aero is not available in Windows Vista Starter or Windows Vista Home Basic.
Tip
You can also open Flip 3D button Switch between windows button on the taskbar. Then click on a window of the stack to show that window, click in or out of the stack to close Flip 3D without changing the windows.
Arrange the windows automatically
Now he knows how to move and resize windows, you can arrange them however you like on your desktop. You also can have Windows automatically organize in one of three ways: they Cascade, stacked vertically or side by side.
To choose one of these options, right-click an empty area of the taskbar, then click on Cascade Windows, Windows Show stacked, or Show Windows Side by Side.
Dialogs
A dialog box is a special type of window that asks you a question, lets you select options to perform a task, or gives you the information. You often see dialog boxes when a program or Windows requires a response that continue.
Unlike the windows, most dialog boxes can not be maximized, minimized, or size. They can, however, be moved.
Parts of a window
Although the contents of each window are different, all windows share some things in common. On the one hand, the windows always appear on the desktop, the main work area of the screen. In addition, most of the windows have the same basic parts:
Title bar. Displays the name of the document and program (or the folder name if you are working in a folder).
Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons. These buttons hide the window, expand it to cover the whole screen, and close, respectively (more details on these little).
Menu bar. Contains elements that can click to make decisions in a program. See Using menus, buttons, bars and boxes.
Scroll bar. It lets you scroll through the contents of the window to see the information that is currently out of sight.
The boundaries and corners. You can drag these with your mouse to resize the window.
Other windows may have additional buttons, boxes, or bars. But what we usually have the basic parts, too.
Move a window
To move a window, select your title bar with the mouse pointer. Then drag the window to the desired location. (Drag means to bring to an issue, holding the mouse button, move the issue with the pointer, and then release the mouse button.)
Changing the size of a window
To make a window fill the entire screen, click the Maximize button or double-click the window's title bar.
To return a maximized window to its previous size, click the Restore button (it appears in place of the Maximize button). Or, double-click the window's title bar.
To resize a window (which is smaller or larger), at any point in the window borders or corners. When the mouse pointer changes to a two-headed arrow (see photo below), drag the edge or corner to reduce or enlarge the window.
A window that is maximized can not be resized. You must return to its previous size in the first place.
Observe
While most of the windows can be resized up, and there are some windows that are fixed in size, such as dialog boxes.
Hide a window
Hide a window that is called minimization of the same. If you want a window of the house without temporarily close it, minimize it.
To minimize a window, click the minimize button. The window disappears from the desktop and is visible only as a button on the taskbar, the long horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen.
To make a minimized window will reappear on the desktop, click its button on the taskbar. The window appears exactly as it did before it was minimized. For more information about the taskbar, see The taskbar (overview).
Close a Window
Closing a window that eliminates from the desktop and the taskbar. If you're done with a program or document and does not need to return to it immediately, close it.
To close a window, click the Close button.
Observe
If you close a document without saving changes, a message that gives you the option to save your changes.
Switching between windows
If you open more than one program or document, the desktop can quickly become full of windows. Keeping track of open windows that have not always easy, because some windows could be partially or completely cover others.
Using the taskbar. The taskbar provides a way to organize all your windows. Each window has a button on the taskbar. To switch to another window, click its button on the taskbar. The window in front of all other windows, making it the active window, which is currently working in.
To easily identify a window, select the button on your taskbar. A small picture called A thumbnail that shows a thumbnail of the window. This preview is especially useful if you can not identify a window by its title alone.
If the taskbar gets too full of buttons, and buttons for the same program are grouped into a single button, as shown in the picture below. Click the button to see a menu of items in the group, then select a theme for which is the active window.
Using ALT TAB. You can change to the previous screen by pressing ALT TAB, or cycle through all open windows on the desktop, and by holding the ALT and repeatedly pressing TAB. ALT release window to display selected.
Using Windows Flip 3D. Windows Flip 3D Windows organizes three-dimensional stack that can quickly flip through. To use Flip 3D:
Hold down the Windows logo and press TAB to open Flip 3D.
While holding down the button with the Windows logo, press TAB repeatedly or rotate the mouse wheel to scroll through open windows. You can also press right arrow or down arrow to move forward toward a window, or press the left or the up arrow to move back a window.
Release the key with the Windows logo to display the window frontmost in the stack. Or, click on any part of any window in the stack to show that window.
Observe
Flip 3D and taskbar previews the window will not work unless your computer is running Windows Aero, the premium visual experience for Windows Vista. Aero is not available in Windows Vista Starter or Windows Vista Home Basic.
Tip
You can also open Flip 3D button Switch between windows button on the taskbar. Then click on a window of the stack to show that window, click in or out of the stack to close Flip 3D without changing the windows.
Arrange the windows automatically
Now he knows how to move and resize windows, you can arrange them however you like on your desktop. You also can have Windows automatically organize in one of three ways: they Cascade, stacked vertically or side by side.
To choose one of these options, right-click an empty area of the taskbar, then click on Cascade Windows, Windows Show stacked, or Show Windows Side by Side.
Dialogs
A dialog box is a special type of window that asks you a question, lets you select options to perform a task, or gives you the information. You often see dialog boxes when a program or Windows requires a response that continue.
Unlike the windows, most dialog boxes can not be maximized, minimized, or size. They can, however, be moved.
