Chapter 4 Common Offi ce Application Features 109 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 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 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 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 Close button Resizing button Goodheart-Willcox Publisher 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 Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Figure 4-5. Open windows can be arranged in one of several different ways.