ICT IV (Lecture VI) 2012

Working With window

What is a Window?

            A window is a rectangular area of the screen in which you view program folders, files, or icons.

Opening Windows

            To open a window from an icon, double click the icon.  You can also use a shortcut menu to open a window. Just point to the icon and click the right mouse button, and a shortcut menu appears. Select Open on the shortcut menu, and the icon opens into a window.

Using Scroll Bars

            Scroll bars appear along the bottom and right edges of a window when text, graphics or icons in a window take up more space than the area shown.

Sizing a Window with Maximize, minimize, and Restore

            You may want to increase the size of a window to see its full contents, or you may want to decrease a window’s size to make room for other windows. One way to resize a window is to use the Maximize, Minimize and restore commands.

            The Following list defines the purpose of each of these buttons and commands.

●       Select the Maximize button or command to enlarge the window to its maximum size.

●       Select the minimize button or command to reduce the window to a button on the taskbar.

●       Select the Restore button or command to return a window to the size before it was maximized. (The restore button or command are available only after a window has been maximized.)

To maximize, minimize, or restore a window with the mouse, click the appropriate  button. To maximize, minimize, or restore a window with the keyboard, follow these steps:

1. Press Alt + Spacebar to open the window’s Control Menu.
2. Select the Restore, Minimize, or Maximize command from the menu.