Anatomy of a Window

Title bar, move...

Buttons

Borders, resize...

Status bar

Minimise

Menu

Working

Area

Maximise/Restore

Close

Scrollbars

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Move & Resize windows by dragging on title bar or borders respectively.

Click ‘Close’ to stop program.

Click ‘Minimise’ to hide window. Program continues to run and the TaskBar icon remains. Clicking on it will restore the window to the Desktop.

Click ‘Maximise’ to make the window occupy the entire screen. Click again to restore it to its original size and position.

Click various parts of the scroll bars to see “hidden” parts of document in the working area.

Buttons (on ToolBar) generally replicate commonly used menu options.

Menus...