Online Tutorials - Adjusting a window

Adjusting a window's size

Most Windows programs share the same look and feel which makes switching between and learning new programs easier.

Common to all Windows programs is the ability to adjust the shape and size of the window you are working in. Some of the ways you can change a window includes; moving, closing, maximizing, minimizing and restoring it. The following diagram and chart explains how to adjust a window.

How to adjust a window:


Move	Click and hold down the mouse button on the coloured bar at the top of any program window. While holding down the mouse button drag the window to where you would like it on the screen. This cannot be done when a window is open to full screen.

Close	Click on the button marked with an “x.” Clicking on this button stops the program you are using.

Restore	This button will restore a program's window to its original size. The original size of a window is a little bit smaller then full screen.

Maximize	This button opens a program's window so that it fills the screen as much as it can.

Minimize	This button puts a program on hold and places it on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen. To re-open a program that is on the taskbar click on the box which represents the program you want to open. For example the box shown below would represent this tutorial.

Resizing	When the mouse (cursor) is positioned over this part of the program window, a set of arrows appears. When these arrows appear click and hold the mouse button down. You will now be able to stretch the program window in any direction.

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