All about manipulating windows on a Windows PC

All about manipulating windows on a Windows PC

You've used (moved,closed, etc.) windows on the Macintosh but windows work differently on Windows....

How to move a window

You move a window the same way you move a window on the Macintosh: press and drag the title bar (across the top of the window). Which looks like this. Try it!

1) Open a window on your PC.

2) Press and drag the title bar. When you let go that's where the window moves to.

How to resize a window

Take these steps to change the size of a window:

1) Put the pointer over the lower right corner of the window (called the Size Box).

2) Press and drag the Size Box. The window will drag in outline and be resized when you let go of the mouse button.

Note:

This screen shot above shows the outline of a dragged window Size Box. When I let go it changes size and shape by snapping to where I let go of the mouse button.

When a window seems all gone

Occasionally you might have one window that is wholly behind another window. If that happens, look for a menu named Window, click on that menu and click again on the menu items that is the name of the window you want. That will bring it to the foreground. You can also double-click on the icon for that window which will bringing it to the foreground. Or, just close, resize or move the window in the foreground.

How to close a window

There are two major ways to close a window

Method 1

1. Click anywhere in the window. (This will bring it into the foreground in case it wasn't.)
2. Click the "X" or close box in the upper right corner of the top title bar of the window.

Method 2

1. Click anywhere in the window. (This will bring it into the foreground in case it wasn't.)
2. Click on the File menu.
3. Select the Close Window menu command under the File menu.

Open and close several windows a couple of times.

Click here to learn about the different kinds of windows and the three different ways windows can live in Windows -- very important!

Click here for a related lesson on how to scroll around in a window.

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