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Program Management Skills
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Open, close, and minimize menus and windows
Open one program. To see how to minimize the program window, refer to the picture on the left.
The collapse box will collapse the window so only the title bar is visible. Clicking it again will expand the window to its original size.
Macintosh computers have a zoom box and a collapse box. The zoom box provides a quick way to resize the window to display all the content (if possible). Clicking the zoom box again will return the window to its original size.
To open a menu, click on the menu title such as "File" and select the menu function such as "Open". To close the menu, click anywhere outside of the menu box.
Move windows around desktop
To move the open program window, click anywhere on the window and drag it across the screen. To click and drag, click down on the left mouse button and while holding it down move the mouse across the mouse pad.
Resize windows on desktop
To resize windows, move the mouse to the corner or edge of the program window until a small arrow appears. Click and drag to make the program window larger or smaller.
The ability to change how a program is displayed on the computer screen is useful in an online course because it allows you to work with more than one program at a time. For example, when you are writing a paper for a class assignment, you may want to have both the online course and the word processing program you are using to write your paper open. You might also want to have two browser windows open, one for the online course and one to another Web site recommended by the instructor.
Start
with the desktop on your computer screen. Locate the icon of the
program you want to start. Double click on the icon to start the
program. To close the program, click on the button in the upper
right corner.