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Moving an Off-Screen Window

February 1, 2009

Sometimes a window will get positioned off of your screen where you can’t see the title bar. It is possible to move the window, and it’s not that hard to do. Just open the program that is giving you the problem, and do the following: 

  1. Press Alt + spacebar + M.
    Press the down arrow repeatedly until your title bar appears.
  2. Now you have full use of the title bar, and can minimize, maximize, and close your program more easily. Note that you can use this technique to move a window in ANY direction; just press Alt + spacebar + M and then press the appropriate arrow key.

Maximize a Window Using the Title Bar
If you ever have trouble clicking on the Maximize button, a quick way to maximize an application window is to double-click on the title bar. (Don’t double-click on the buttons, though.) If the window is maximized and you double-click on the title bar, the window will be restored to its last size. This gives you the same result as using the Restore button in the title bar.


Restoring and Maximizing Windows with the Keyboard
Follow these steps to make a window switch back and forth between full screen and reduced size:

1.        Press Alt + Spacebar to display the Control menu.
2.        Press the letter R; the window is restored to its reduced size.
3.        Press Alt + Spacebar to again display the Control menu.
4.        Press the letter X; the window is maximized.

Do steps 3 and 4 first if the window is already reduced.

More Keyboard Shortcuts
When working with text, it is more efficient to use keyboard shorcuts instead of the mouse. There are many shortcuts to learn. These are a few good ones to add to your list:

Ctrl + Backspace will delete entire words

Ctrl + Home will take you to the top of the document

Ctrl + Shift + Home will select all the data between the cursor and the top of the document

Ctrl + End will take you to the end of the document

Ctrl + Left Arrow will move you one word back

Ctrl + Right Arrow will move you one word forward

Shift + Home will select all of the text in a line from the cursor to the left