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A restored window is neither maximized nor minimized; it’s a loose
cannon, floating around on your screen as an independent rectangle.
Because its edges aren’t attached to the walls of your monitor, you can
make it any size you like by dragging its borders.
Moving a Window
Moving a window is easy: Drag the big, fat top edge.
Closing a Window
Microsoft wants to make absolutely sure you’re never without some method
of closing a window. It offers at least nine ways to do it:
Click the Close button (the in the upper-right corner).
Tip
If you’ve opened more than one window, Shift-click that Close button to close all of them.
Press Alt+F4. This one’s worth memorizing. You’ll use it
everywhere in Windows.
Double-click the window’s upper-left corner.
Right-click (or hold your finger on) the window’s button on the
taskbar, and then choose Close from the shortcut menu.
Point to a taskbar button without clicking. Thumbnail images of
its windows appear. Point to a thumbnail; an button appears in its
upper-right corner. Click it.
On a touchscreen, tap a taskbar button with your finger.
Thumbnail images of its windows appear, with buttons in their
top-right corners. Tap .
