Arranging program windows
You can use options on the taskbar
shortcut menu to arrange all currently open program windows. To get to
that menu, right-click an empty portion of the taskbar, or right-click
the clock in the lower-right corner of the screen. Figure 4 shows the options on the menu.
The four options that apply to program windows on
the desktop are similar to the options you get when you right-click a
taskbar button that represents multiple instances of one program:
- Cascade Windows: Stacks all the open windows like sheets of paper, fanned out so that all their title bars are visible, as in Figure 5.
- Show Windows Stacked: Arranges the windows in rows across the screen, or as equal-sized tiles.
- Show Windows Side By Side: Arranges
the windows side by side. As with the preceding option, if you have too
many open windows to show that way, they’ll be displayed in equal-sized
tiles.
- Show The Desktop: Minimizes all
open windows so that only their taskbar buttons are visible. You can
see the entire desktop at that point. To bring any window back onto the
screen, click its taskbar button. To bring them all back, right-click
the clock or taskbar again and choose Show Open Windows.
The only way to truly
appreciate these options is to try them out for yourself. Open two or
more programs. Then try each of the options described to see their
effects on your open program windows.
