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.2.Press Alt+Spacebar to open that window s system menu.(Don t worry if you can t see thatmenu.)3.Type the letter M to choose Move from the system menu.4.Press the �! (down-arrow key) several times to move the window downward.If it doesn t work, it may be because the window is currently maximized and therefore cannot be moved.In that case, repeat Steps 1 and 2.Then type the letter R to choose Restore (thereby shrinking thewindow a bit).Then proceed with Steps 3 and 4.Arranging Open WindowsEssentially, no limit restricts the number of windows you can open on your desktop.You can stackwindows one atop the other, in exactly the same manner you can stack sheets of paper one atop theother on your real desk.And just like on your real desktop, you can quickly make a disorganized messof things.In Figure 2-6, for example, I have opened quite a few programs, including Solitaire, Calculator,WordPad, and Windows Explorer (which is deeply buried behind the other windows).This sectiondiscusses ways you can manage multiple windows on the desktop, starting with the important conceptof the active window.Figure 2-6: Several open windows stacked up on the Windows desktopTip The programs shown in Figure 2-6 are all Windows components programs thatcome with Windows XP.You can probably see Calculator, WordPad, and WindowsExplorer on the Accessories submenu in All Programs.Solitaire is usually foundunder All Programs �! Games.You ll learn how to install and remove these optionalWindows components in Chapter 16.The active windowWhen you have two or more windows open on the desktop, only one window is the active window.Ifyou use the keyboard at all, it s important to know which of those windows is currently the activewindow, because that s the only window that can accept keyboard input.If I were to try to type text intothe WordPad document shown in Figure 2-6 right now, no text would appear in the window.Why?Because currently the Calculator program is in the active window, and only the program in the activewindow will respond to input from the keyboard.The problem is easily solved.Just click anywhere onWordPad s window to make it the active window, and start typing.page 29Windows XP BibleIf you look at the taskbar in Figure 2-6, you ll notice that it now contains four new buttons labeledWordPad Doc, Solitaire, Calculator, and My Computer (which actually represents the Windows Explorerprogram, as discussed later).The taskbar always displays a button for each running task that is,each open program on the desktop.You can usually tell, at a glance, which window on the desktop iscurrently the active window by the following clues:The taskbar button for the active window is colored a little differently, and appears pushedin.The title bar for the active window is a little brighter than the title bars of the inactivewindows.The active window is always at the top of the stack. That is, no other windows overlap theactive window.Now here are two ways in which you can make any open window the active window, with just a click ofthe mouse:Click on any visible portion of the window that you want to make active.Alternatively, click the toolbar button for the window you want to make active (very handy ifthat window is completely covered by other windows on the desktop!).Instantly, the window pops to the top of the stack, no longer obscured by other windows.You then canuse the keyboard to work within that window if you like.You also can use the keyboard, if you want, to make any open window the active window.Just holddown the Alt key, and press the Tab key.A small box containing an icon for each open window appears.Without releasing the Alt key, press the Tab key repeatedly until the title of the window you want tomake active displays.Then release the Alt key.Tip The buttons in the taskbar will get smaller and smaller as you open more windows.If you cannot read a toolbar button s label, just point to the button.The full label willappear in a ToolTip.The bottom line is this: If you do something at the keyboard, and nothing happens (or somethingunexpected happens), there s a good chance that you weren t paying attention to which window was theactive window at the moment.You can easily make any open window the active window by clickinganywhere on that window, or by clicking the window s toolbar button.Cascading and tiling open windowsYou can instantly arrange all the open windows on the desktop with just a couple of mouse clicks.Justto the left of the Notifications area in the taskbar is a neutral area that never gets covered by buttons.Right-clicking that neutral area displays the menu shown near that area in Figure 2-7.Options on thatmenu for arranging open windows are summarized in the following list:Cascade: Stacks open programs from the upper-left corner of the desktop with just theirtitle bars showing, as in Figure 2-7.Figure 2-7: The taskbar s right-click menu revealed near the Notifications area of the taskbar.Open windowson this desktop are cascaded.page 30Windows XP BibleTile Windows Horizontally: Sizes windows equally (if possible) and presents them as tileswith no overlap.If there are only two or three windows open, each is stretched lengthwiseacross the screen.Tile Windows Vertically: As above, but windows are stretched to the height of the screen.Show the Desktop: Hides all open windows, leaving only their taskbar buttons visible(same as clicking the Show Desktop button in the Quick Launch toolbar).Undo: Undoes whichever option you last selected [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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