Elements of a window

Elements of a window

Figure 5.10 helps to understand the elements of a window.

1. Title Bar 

The title bar will display the name of the application and the name of the document opened. It will also contain minimize, maximize and close button.

2. Menu Bar

The menu bar is seen under the title bar. Menus in the menu bar can be accessed by pressing Alt key and the letter that appears underlined in the menu title. Additionally, pressing Alt or F10 brings the focus on the first menu of the menu bar.

In Windows 7, in the absence of the menu bar, click Organize and from the drop down menu, click the Layout option and select the desired item from that list.

3. The Workspace

The workspace is the area in the document window to enter or type the text of your document. Figure 5.10 Shows the workspace area in the document window.

4. Scroll bars -

The scroll bars are used to scroll the workspace horizontally or vertically. Figure 5.10 shows the Scroll bars.

5. Corners and borders

The corners and borders of the window helps to drag and resize the windows. The mouse pointer changes to a double headed arrow when positioned over a border or a corner. 

Drag the border or corner in the direction indicated by the double headed arrow to the desired size as shown in Figure 5.10. The window canbe resized by dragging the corners diagonally across the screen.