Windows Basics:
The Window

What You See: The Window

A window is a rectangular area on the desktop which usually contains a number of standard parts. But it does not have to have any of the standard parts. The illustration below shows several windows in WinXP: a Help window, a Solitaire window, an Explorer window, a Word window, and a dialog window, usually called a dialog box (regardless of its shape or size!). The only part that they all have is the Title bar!

Examples of types of windows
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Parts of a Window

The illustration below labels the important parts that appear in most application windows. 

Click on a label in the diagram and an explanation will pop up in a new window. The same window will be used for all the explanations. If the explanation is too long to fit in the small window, click on the window's scroll arrow to move the document in the window.

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View all of the descriptions on one page.

Wow! We keep finding skills that you probably already have if you are reading this page! Well, it is still important that we all agree on the names for things. So keep going, please!

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~~  1 Cor. 10:31 ...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.  ~~

Last updated: 22 Jan 2008