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26 Part 1: The Windows 7 User Experience
that the information you need is displayed onscreen. (The arrangement is espe-
cially difficult to manage when copying or moving files and folders between
open windows.)
To help you organize the windows you have open, Windows 7 offers several
arrangement options. To rearrange the open windows with one of these options,
right-click the taskbar at a place that isn’t occupied by a window button and
then choose one of the following options from the shortcut menu that appears:
✓ Cascade Windows to overlap the open windows so that the title bars are
all displayed one above the other in a cascade
✓ Show Windows Stacked to place the windows vertically one on top of
the other
✓ Show Windows Side by Side to place the windows horizontally side
by side
✓ Show the Desktop to reduce all the windows open on the desktop to mini-
mized buttons on the taskbar
In Windows 7, you can now resize windows open on the desktop simply by drag-
ging them to particular positions on the screen. To maximize a window on the
desktop, drag it to the very top of the screen. To get a particular window ready
to be displayed side by side, drag it to the left or right edge of the screen until
its window is resized to fit half the screen. Then, repeat this resizing process
with the second window using the opposite side of the screen.
Using the Task Manager
Windows Task Manager keeps tabs on your system and how it’s running. You
can use Task Manager to get an overview of what programs and processes are
running on your computer. You can also use it to switch to programs and to end
programs that have stopped responding (in other words, programs that have
frozen up on you).
To open Windows Task Manager, right-click the taskbar at a place where there
are no buttons and then choose Start Task Manager from the shortcut menu
that appears. Figure 1-15 shows you Windows Task Manager when running three
different applications.
To switch to another program or window from Windows Task Manager, click it
in the list box on the Applications tab and then click the Switch To button.
Windows then minimizes Task Manager and displays the selected window on
the desktop.
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