document window, created using a program (rather than a filer directory window) then you
will be asked if you want to save that document before closing it, if you have not done so
already. Once a document window has been closed you cannot retrieve it (unless you saved it
before closing). Clicking ADJUST on the Close icon of a filer directory window will close
that window and open the parent directory (note that the main 'root' directory has no parent to
open). So, if you have opened directories and sub-directories using ADJUST (which closes
the parent directories as you go) you can reverse the process (and open the parent directories)
using ADJUST on the Close icon. This is also the case if you close a document window using
ADJUST; the document's parent directory window is opened.
The Toggle Size icon will toggle (alternate) between the window's current size and its largest
size on screen. A document window or a filer directory window can be made to shrink to a
small size or expand to fill the screen using the Toggle Size icon - this is useful when you are
manipulating multiple windows. Remember that you can have many windows open on screen
at any one time and that these windows are in a stack - even if there is a window filling the
screen, there might well be other windows behind it in the stack, which you might want to
access quickly. Toggling the size of a window is a quick and easy way of getting to all the
other windows or to the Icon Bar.
Iconising a window means reducing the whole window down to just an icon on the pinboard
(backdrop). Once a window has been iconised it can be re-opened by simply double-clicking
on the icon. This option is not enabled by default. It can be activated via the configuration
application in the Windows section. Holding down <SHIFT> and clicking on the Close Icon
performs the same function. The presence of this icon as part of the general window
furniture is configurable and might not be enabled as standard.
Practising manipulating windows
Changing a window's size
Click and hold SELECT or ADJUST on the Resize Icon and drag the window to the desired
size (either smaller or larger, wherever possible). Doing this with SELECT will also bring
that window to the front of the stack. Using ADJUST will allow the window to retain its
position in the stack.
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