Moving, Sizing, and Organizing Windows Once you are familiar with the parts of a window, it is easy to use several windows at once so that you can accomplish more than one thing at a time. You can search the Internet and import text or pictures into a Word document; or, you can figure grades with an Excel spreadsheet, and write memos in Word Pad all while you are reading your e-mail. Windows allows you to easily enlarge, hide or shrink a window using the minimize, maximize and restore buttons. The Minimize button is among the three buttons at the right end of the title bar. It's the box that has a small dash (or minus sign). The Minimize button lets you remove a window from the desktop while leaving the application running. The button in the middle is the Maximize button. It's a box with a picture of a window inside it. Use the maximize button to enlarge a window. After a window is maximized, the button changes to the Restore button...