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Windows 10 For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Windows 10 For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Andy Rathbone
May 2018
Beginner
464 pages
11h 44m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 4

Basic Desktop Window Mechanics

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Understanding a window’s parts

check Manipulating buttons, bars, and boxes

check Finding commands on the Ribbon

check Understanding the Navigation Pane

check Moving windows and changing their size

The Windows 10 Start menu boasts bright colors, big letters, and large buttons. It’s easy to see what you’re poking at with a finger or mouse.

The Windows desktop, by contrast, includes miniscule, monochrome buttons, tiny lettering, unlabeled buttons, and windows with pencil-thin borders. The windows come with way too many parts, many with confusing names that programs expect you to remember. To give you a hand, this chapter provides a lesson in windows anatomy and navigation.

You eventually need to know this stuff because windows tend to cover each other up on the desktop; you need to manually push and prod them into view.

I’ve dissected each part of a window so you know what happens when you click or touch each portion. By all means, use this book’s margins ...

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