Computer Basics · Course 3
Windows & the Desktop
Find apps, handle windows and calmly fix a frozen program.
- 1The Desktop, Taskbar & Start8 min · Find your way around the main screen and open any app with a quick search.
- 2Open, Close, Shrink & Grow8 min · Learn the three window buttons, and how to move and resize any window.
- 3Switching Between Apps7 min · Hop between open apps and line up two windows side by side.
- 4When an App Freezes9 min · Calm, simple steps for an app that stops answering, on Windows and Mac.
- 5Challenge: A Tidy Screen for Day One10 min · Help a new hire tame a crowded screen on her first morning at work.
Hands-on
Do it on the simulated phone
Every lesson has a lab you can try in your browser, plus questions that earn points toward the Window Wrangler badge.
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