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Chapter 4 Common Offi Application Features fice 109
A window can be resized once it is no longer maximized. Resizing
a window is easy. Move the cursor over an edge of the window until it
changes to a standard resizing cursor. A resizing cursor looks like two
arrows pointing in the directions the window can
be resized. When the cursor is over a left or right
edge, the arrows will point horizontally. When the
cursor is over a top or bottom edge, the arrows
will point vertically. When the cursor is over a
corner, the arrows will point diagonally. Once the
resizing cursor is displayed, click, hold, and drag
to resize the window.
Moving a window is easy. Click and hold
on the window’s title bar, and drag the window
to a new location. If the window is dragged to
the top of the screen, it will be maximized. If the
window is dragged to the left side of the screen,
the window will be resized to fi ll the left half of fi
the screen. If the window is dragged to the right
side of the screen, the window will be resized to fi ll the right half of the fi
screen. If the title bar of a maximized window is grabbed and dragged,
the window will be placed in a windowed state.
Multiple open windows also can be automatically arranged next to
each other or one above the other. To do so, right-click on a blank area
of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen to display a shortcut menu, as
shown in Figure 4-5. The choices to arrange window positions include
Cascade
windows,
Show windows
stacked, and
Show windows side-by-
side.
A window can be removed from the desktop area without closing
the window. A window in this state is called minimized. A minimized
window is still running, but hidden from view except for the button on
the taskbar corresponding to the application. To minimize a window, click
the minimize button in the upper-right corner of the window. This button
is to the left of the resize button, and its icon looks like a dash or hyphen,
as shown in Figure 4-4. To display a minimized window, which is called
restoring the window, click the application’s button in the taskbar. The
window is restored to its previous state, either maximized or windowed.
FYI
To split a window,
choose
View
Split, and
adjust the divider bar as
desired.
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Close
button
Resizing
button
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Figure 4-4. The resizing button is used to window the
application. The standard Windows Close button is
used to close the application.
Options for
arranging windows
Right-click
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Figure 4-5. Open windows can be arranged in one of several different ways.