Working with Multiple windows 7

Working with Multiple windows 7

The capability to run multiple programs at the same time is called “Multitasking”. This makes working with your computer more like you would actually work, allowing you to switch easily between tasks without having to put one away before beginning the other. On the Start menu click “Computer” and then “Help and Support”. You can see that each program is displayed in its own window.

Notice the “Document1” icon on the desktop. This indicates that clicking this link will open the associated item on your computer, in this case, the Microsoft Word document named “Document1”. Double-click on it.

A new window opens on the desktop and the taskbar displays an additional button for this open window. There are now three programs running at the same time, “Windows Help and Support”, “Computer” and “Document1”. As more windows are opened, the taskbar buttons resize themselves automatically to fit in the taskbar.

The “Document1” window is the active window, that is, the window currently in use. You can tell it is the active window because the taskbar button and title bar appear dark whereas those of the inactive windows are dimmed. Multiple windows can be open on the desktop at once, but only one window is active at a time.  When a new window is opened, it appears in the size in which it was last used and at any location on the desktop. The newly opened window is automatically the active window and appears on top of other open windows on the desktop.

Each running program has a corresponding button on the taskbar. To switch to a specific program, just click its taskbar button. The window in which the program is running appears in front of the other windows. This is now the “active” window.

If the taskbar becomes too crowded with buttons, then the buttons for the same program become grouped into a single button. Click the button to see a menu of the items in the group, then select an item to make it the active window.

You can cycle through all open windows and the desktop by holding down the “Alt” key and repeatedly pressing the “Tab” key. Release the “Alt” key to show the selected window.

Frame:7 Using Windows Flip 3D: This feature allows you to flip through a cascading stack of your open windows. While holding down the Windows logo key, press the “Tab” key repeatedly or rotate the mouse wheel to cycle through open windows. Release the Windows logo key to display the window at the front. Alternatively, click any part of a window in the stack to display that window. You may also click on the “Switch between windows” icon on the taskbar to enable the “Windows Flip 3D” feature.

This feature allows you to flip through a cascading stack of your open windows. While holding down the Windows logo key, press the “Tab” key repeatedly or rotate the mouse wheel to cycle through open windows. Release the Windows logo key to display the window at the front. Alternatively, click any part of a window in the stack to display that window. You may also click on the “Switch between windows” icon on the taskbar to enable the “Windows Flip 3D” feature.