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Getting to Know Windows XP

Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows

Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows

If you have followed the lessons in this chapter, you now have a screen cluttered with several program windows. Fortunately, it is easy to create order out of this chaos. You can resize and reposition windows so that you can see more than one of them at a time. You can also hide windows by removing them from the desktop without actually closing your document or program.

This lesson introduces several ways to adjust the size, shape, and position of windows open on the desktop.

Close button

Maximize button

Minimize button

Sample Windows Explorer open on the desktop