This control set is for a maximized window that fills the
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At the top right corner of every application window there are three buttons. They are the basic window controls.
This control set is for a maximized window that fills the
computer screen.
This control set is for a window that is "average" and
fills part of the screen.
Clicking the left mouse button on the first (left) button minimizes the window to a button on the task bar.
Clicking on the X button (right) completely closes the window and quits or exits the application. Don't do this one if you want to go back to work on the document some more. Just minimize if you need to see the desktop.
The middle
button either switches the window from an average size to a
maximum...
or back to
average size.
The return to average button 
shows an icon indicating that you might have more
than one overlapping window.
When you click an application (minimized window) button on the taskbar, the window will return to either maximum size or medium size depending on the way it was before it was minimized.
You can minimize all the windows at once so you can see your desktop without needing to minimize one window at a time.
Just hold down the window key (the one with the Microsoft 
window icon printed on
it) and tap the letter M.
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Personal Computer Education - www.runeman.org
Algot Runeman
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January 25, 2000