Cascading windows ( Win. Vista & 7 )

 
 
 

Cascading windowsCascading windows

If necessary, click on the Show Desktop icon (bottom-left of your screen) so that all the programs are displayed in their program windows.   

Right click on an empty part of the Windows Taskbar (this is the bar that is normally displayed across the bottom of the Windows screen).  From the popup menu displayed, click on the Cascade Windows command.   

  The program windows will be displayed cascaded across the screen. 

the Cascade Windows 

the Cascade Windows command

 

Displaying windows side by side

Displaying windows side by side

Right click on an empty part of the Windows Taskbar (this is the bar that is normally displayed across the bottom of the Windows screen).  From the popup menu displayed, click on the Show Windows Side by Side command.     

The program windows will be displayed, tiled side by side, as illustrated  

Show Windows Side by Side

Close all the open programs before continuing.  TIP: To close a program click on the Close icon displayed at the top right of each program window.

 
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-- index
1- first look at windows vista
2- The Start button and The Start menu
3- Running a program using the Start menu
4- Shutting down Windows
5- Closing an application that is not responding
6- Desktop icons
7- Windows Taskbar
8- Customising the Desktop background picture
9- Customising the Desktop background colour
10- Setting a screen saver
11- Setting your screen resolution
12- Modify the computer date and time
13- Setting the computer keyboard language
14- Setting the computer sound volume
15- The Sidebar and gadgets
16- Starting WordPa
17- Notepad
18- Calculator
19- Switching between programs or windows
20- Cascading windows
21- Installing and Removing programs
22- Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
23- Shutting down an application that has frozen
24- help and Support
25- What are files and folders?
26- Windows Explorer program
27- Expanding and contracting drives and folders
28- Drives, Folders and Files
29- Navigating to the sample files folder
30- Creating a folder and a subfolder
31- Manipulating files
32- Recognizing common file types
33- Changing file , Renaming and Deleting files
34- The Windows Clipboard and Backups
35- File compression and Extracting compressed files
36- Disk formatting
37- Viewing recently accessed files
38- Searching for files on your hard disk
39- Computer viruses, Spyware and Cookies
40- a printer, Printing from an application