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Controlling open Windows

Controlling open Windows

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Controlling open Windows

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- [Presenter] Windows gets its name from this thing, a window in which a program runs. If you're like me, you probably keep multiple windows open at a time, which is useful to cross reference or when you need several applications open to create your work. Windows, the operating system, offers a few tricks to help you control and organize these windows. The first trick is to maximize a window to fill the screen. Now, you can click this button here, the maximize button, but the trick I prefer is to double click the title bar, and the window fills the screen. Now you can click the restore button here to restore the window to its previous location and size, but again, I prefer to double click the title bar. With multiple windows open, it's nice to arrange them. For example, I could cross reference information from a webpage while writing code in another window. So with my code window here, I drag it up to the top of the screen,…

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