Lesson 3

Working with Navigation Buttons

In most windows, three buttons appear on the right
side of the title bar. You have learned that these are
called sizing buttons. They are also called navigation
QUICK buttons.
LAUNCH
Title bar
Sizing buttons

MINIMIZE BUTTON
The first button on the right side of the title bar is the Minimize
button . When you click on it, you hide the window. Thus you can
see only the program icon on the taskbar.
You minimize a window when two or more windows are open on
the screen.

Minimize icon

When a window has been minimized, its icon on the taskbar will
be dim.

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 MAXIMIZE BUTTON
The middle button is the Maximize button . When you click on
it, you enlarge the minimized window. This window then fills the whole
display area of the desktop.
You maximize a window to make a file or a program ready to be
used again. You may maximize it also when it is too small to work with.

Maximize button

Restore button

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 When a window is maximized, the Maximize button changes to
the Restore button . When you click on the Restore button, you
bring a window back to its previous size. When you do this, the Restore
button returns to the Maximize button .

Restore button

Maximize button

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 CLOSE BUTTON
The third button is the Close button . This button is also known
as the Exit button. When you want to close a window, you click on the
Close button.

Exit button

As a window is closed, its icon on the taskbar disappears.

Window icon

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 Look at each picture below. Note the button to which

CLICK 1
the mouse pointer points. Tell what will happen to the
window if you click on this button. Choose your answer
from the box. Underline it.

1.

Restore Minimize

2.

Maximize Minimize

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3.

Restore Minimize

4.

Restore Close

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 Read each sentence below. If it is correct, draw a

CLICK 2
mouse pointer ( ) on the window.

1. When you minimize a window, you hide it.

2. When you click on the , you bring a

window back to its original size.

3. When you maximize a window, the

changes to .

4. When you click on the , the window

fills the display area of the desktop.

5. When you minimize a window, its icon will

disappear from the taskbar.

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 Be guided by your teacher in this activity. Try the

 different ways to work with windows using the navigation

buttons. At the end of this activity, your teacher will assess
your performance.
DOUBLE-
CLICK

Needs
Excellent Very Good Good Fair
Improvement

Opening
a Window

Minimizing
a Window

Maximizing
a Window

Restoring
a Window

Closing
a Window

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 MERGE

 The desktop serves as the working area on the screen. Its two
main parts are the icon and the taskbar.

 An icon represents a file, a folder, or a program in a

computer.

 The taskbar shows buttons that represent tools and programs

in a computer.

 The taskbar has several areas: the Start button, the Quick
Launch area, the Notification area, and the Show Desktop
button.

 The parts of a window are the title bar, the sizing buttons, the
menu bar, the display area or work space, the scroll bars,
and the borders.

 On the right side of the title bar are the sizing or navigation
buttons. These are the Minimize, Maximize, Restore, and Close
buttons.

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 A. Read each sentence below. Name the item it describes.
 Choose your answer from the box. Write only the letter
of your answer on the line.
SCROLL UP

______ 1. This part of a window shows

the name of the document and a. border
the program being used.
b. Close button
______ 2. This button is used to close
a window.
c. desktop
______ 3. This appears on your screen
after booting your computer. d. display area
______ 4. This lists all the programs and
documents in a computer. e. icon
______ 5. These let you move the window
contents up and down or left f. Minimize
and right. button

______ 6. When you click on this button,

g. scroll bars
you hide a window.
______ 7. This small picture represents h. Start button
a file, a folder, or a program.
______ 8. This is where you can enter text. i. Start menu

______ 9. This design serves as the j. title bar

background of the desktop.
______ 10. When you move this, you k. wallpaper
change the size of the window.

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B. Name each picture. Copy its name on the line.

1.

icon Start button
______________________

2.

scroll bar taskbar
______________________

3.

menu bar title bar
______________________

4.

Close button Start button
______________________

5.

Show Desktop button

Notification area ______________________

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