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Make sure a program window is not ‘Maximized’, because you cannot resize or click the edge of a window that is maximized as a full screen. To verify that a window is not maximized, hold the mouse pointer over the middle of the 3 buttons on the top-right corner of a window. A yellow rectangular message will appear that says ‘Restore Down’. Clicking the middle box after the Restore Down message is displayed allows you to move the mouse pointer over the edges of the program window to resized the window.

Resize a Window

Move the mouse pointer to any one of the window borders: top or bottom, left or right side, or one of the corners (P.S.: stay away from the corner with the red-X. It is too easy to accidentally click that box by which will close the application, accident or not!). The mouse pointer will change to a double-arrow head pointer. Hold the mouse button down and move the mouse left or right, up or down. Release the mouse button when you get the window size you want.

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1. Click

   tap (or press and release quickly)

   Example: tap your finger on: a desk/tabletop, top of the computer, keyboard edge

2. Double-click

   2 quick taps.

   A click, waiting 1 second, and another click is not a double-click. It is two separate clicks.

   Example: Repeat the Click examples

3. Right-click

   click the right mouse button to display a small context (shortcut) menu

   Example: Right-click anywhere in any document

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As you become more skillful with Microsoft Office applications, you will discover other methods than the Edit menu for the cut, copy and paste operations. Two of these methods are the right-click shortcut menus and the drag and drop techniques that work with any Microsoft Office 2003 application.

Right-Click Shortcut Menus

As an example, select a Microsoft Word line, sentence or paragraph. Right-click on that selected block of text. A short menu appears with the Cut, Copy and Paste commands. Select either the Cut or Copy command. Go to another area within the document, right-click again, then select the Paste command.

Do the same thing with a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Select a cell, row or column of numbers. Right-click the border of the selected cells, and then choose the Cut or Copy command. Find another place in the spreadsheet, then right-click that target cell and click the Paste command.

Drag and Drop

Again, select a Microsoft Word line, sentence or paragraph. Hover the mouse over the selected text. Hold the mouse button down. While holding the mouse button down, move the selected text to another part of the document, then release the mouse button. Now you understand why this technique is called drag and drop.

Do the same thing with a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Select a cell, row or column of numbers. Move the mouse over the cell borders until the mouse pointer changes into a four-arrowhead pointer. Hold the mouse button down and move the mouse to another spot on the spreadsheet. Release the mouse button and the cells are placed on that spot in the spreadsheet.

Drag and drop also applies to copying blocks of cells. Instead of holding down the left mouse button, hold down the right mouse button. A short menu appears with the first two choices: Move Here, or Copy Here.

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At some point in your use of Microsoft Office applications, it may help to learn these few keyboard shortcuts instead of going through several layers of menus just to save, print, copy, etc. Here are a few of the common, not every, tasks with their keyboard shortcut equivalents:

Ctrl + O = Open
Ctrl + S = Save
Ctrl + X = Cut
Ctrl + C = Copy
Ctrl + X = Paste
Ctrl + P = Print
Alt + F4 = Close/Exit

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