Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickStart Guide

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Mac OS makes extensive use of windows for displaying icons and other information in the Finder and documents in other applications. Figures 36 and 37 show two different views of a Finder window.

Figure 36. A Finder window in icon view.

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Figure 37. The same Finder window in list view.

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Each window includes a variety of controls you can use to manipulate it:

• The close button closes the window.

• The minimize button collapses the window to an icon in the Dock.

• The zoom button toggles the window’s size ...