The Anatomy of a Window

The Main parts of a Window do not really lend themselves to any one particular comparison, so each one is listed by itself.

• Menu bar – Shows all available options for a program or window. Think of a menu as a drawer full of all your tools.
• Tool bar – This is where "the most use tools" is displayed. Think of it as a tool belt on the desktop.
• Address bar – Shows location for an Internet site or local drive folder.
• Status bar – Shows the status information of the Window.

Once the basics are covered, we can use compassion between a window to a piece of paper on a desk for the rest of the options.

• Title bar – This is the title of the window, like your name at the top of a piece of paper. The Title bar is also the handle for the window. If you click and hold the mouse button down on the title bar, you can move it around the screen.
• Minimize – To have a window take the minimum amount of desktop space possible, click the minimize button. This drops the window into the Task bar like a piece of paper going into a drawer. The Task bar will show the task whether or not the window is minimized.
• Maximize – To have a window take the maximum desktop space, click the maximize button. This stretched the window out like an architect’s floor plan being rolled out over the desk.
• Restore – A maximized window will cover over all the other windows and icons on the desktop. The Restore button places the window back so that more than one window can display at a time.
• Close (X) – When done with a window, you can have it taken completely off the desktop by closing it. Use the X button to do this.

• You can manually resize a window to make other windows visible. Think of it like folding and unfolding the paper. Move the mouse to the window frame, the mouse will change into a double black arrow, then click and hold down the mouse. Move the mouse in the direction of the arrows to change the size of the window.   Then let go the mouse button when you have reached the desired size.

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