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right corner). Or and (lower-left corner). You get the idea.

Don’t hit the arrows simultaneously, but one after the other.

Tip

Tweaky but true: Always hit the horizontal arrow first. If you press + and then
, you’ll lose your window—because + means “minimize this window”!

At this point, you have one window filling one quadrant of the

screen.

2. Click the second window; move it into its corner.

Use the same techniques (drag or keyboard).

3. Move the remaining one or two windows into their corners.

It doesn’t really matter which order you fill the corners of your

screen, except in one instance: if you want only three windows to
split the screen. See Figure 2-4.

To unsnap, use the opposite keyboard shortcuts. Or drag the window’s top
edge with your mouse, trackpad, or finger.

Tip

If you have more than one monitor, add the Shift key to move the frontmost window to the next
monitor, left or right.

The Full-Height Window Trick

This trick has never gotten much love from Microsoft’s marketing team,
probably because it’s a little hard to describe. But it can be very useful.

It’s not the same as the Snap thing described previously; this one doesn’t

affect the width of the window. It does, however, make the window exactly