- Exploring the Windows Desktop
- Pointing and Clicking
- Double-Clicking
- Right-Clicking
- Dragging and Dropping
- Hovering
- Moving a Window
- Scrolling a Window
- Resizing a Window
- Maximizing, Minimizing, and Closing a Window
- Using the Windows Start Menu
- Opening a Program
- Creating a New Shortcut on the Desktop
- Switching Between Programs
- Using Menus
- Using Toolbars
- Managing PC Resources with MY Computer
- Managing Windows with the Control Panel
- Changing the Size of Your Desktop
- Selecting a New Desktop Theme
- Personalizing the Desktop Background
- Changing the Color Scheme
- Setting up Additional Users
- Using a Screensaver
- Getting Help in Windows
This chapter is from the book
Moving a Window
Every software program you launch (as explained later in this chapter in the task “Opening a Program”) is displayed in a separate onscreen window. To move a window, click the window's title bar and drag the window anywhere on the desktop. When you release the mouse button, the window stays where you put it.
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Position the cursor over the window's title bar.
Click and hold the left mouse button.
Drag the title bar to move the window to a new position and drop it by releasing the mouse button.
