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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Operating System
Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows
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2Click the Minimize button at the top-right of the
Explorer window to hide the window.
Windows Explorer disappears from the desktop.
However, it is still open, as you can see from the taskbar.
HINT: Minimizing program windows is a good way to clean up the
desktop without actually closing programs.
3Click the Maximize button in the top-right corner of the
Paint window.
The Paint window expands to fill the screen, hiding
everything except the taskbar. Notice that the Maximize
button has changed. It is now called the Restore button.
HINT: Maximizing a program is a good way to work when you are
only using that program and do not want any distractions on the
screen.
Resizing and moving windows
1Click the Restore button in the top-right corner of the
Paint window.
Paint returns to its previous size and location. Notice that
the Restore button has changed back into the Maximize
button.
For the next few steps assume that you want to be able to
see both Paint and Windows Explorer at the same time.
2Move the pointer to the right-hand edge of the Paint
window.
The pointer changes to a two-headed arrow.
3Click and drag the edge of the window until it takes up
just less than half the width of the desktop.