Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Maria Langer

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The Window Menu

The Window menu (Figures 34 and 35 ) includes commands for working with open document windows as well as a list of the open windows.

Chapter 2 .

A bullet character beside the name of a window in the Window menu (Figure 34 ) indicates that the window contains a document with unsaved changes.

To zoom a window

Choose Window > Zoom (Figures 34 and 35 ).

The window toggles between its full size and a custom size you create with the window's size control.

Chapter 2 .

To minimize a window

Choose Window > Minimize (Figures 34 and 35 ), or press .

Or

Click the Minimize button on the window's title bar.

The window shrinks down to the size of an icon and slips into the Dock (Figure 36 ).

Figure 36. The icon for a minimized window appears in the Dock. If you look closely, you can see a tiny icon for the application in which it is open.

To display a minimized window

With the application active, choose the window's name from the Window menu (Figures 34 and 35 ).

Or

Click the window's icon in the Dock (Figure 36 ).

The window expands out of the Dock and appears onscreen.

To bring all of an application's windows to the front

Choose Window > Bring All to Front (Figures 34 and 35 ).

All of the application's open windows are displayed on top of open windows for other applications.

Tip

    Mac OS X allows an application's windows to be mingled in layers with other applications' windows.

To activate a window

Choose the window's name from the Window menu (Figures 34 and 35 ).