Working with Windows
- Close, Minimize, Maximize
- Resize, Move
- Menus
- Menu Shortcuts
- Hiding Programs
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Hiding Programs
An easy way to minimize all of the windows of a program is with the Hide function.
Suppose you have five or six Word documents or Internet sites open that you've been working with. You want to minimize all the Word windows to get them out of the way temporarily. Instead of going through each window and minimizing it, go up to the program menu (in this case, Word ).
The fifth item down is "Hide Word." Click on this to minimize all of the Word windows that are open. Nothing has been deleted or closed; click on the Word icon again in the Dock to reopen all of your windows.
Notice that "Hide Others" is another option. If you are working in Word or another program, windows from other applications running in the background may become a nuisance. "Hide Others" will minimize all of the windows except for those of the application you're currently using.
In every program, clicking on the title menu item (in boldface and the same name as the current application) will give you the "Hide Program " and "Hide Others" options.
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