KEY COMPONENTS OF A WINDOW 7 SCREEN

KEY COMPONENTS OF A WINDOW SCREEN

ü  TITLE BAR: The bar at the top most part of application’s main menu window is called the title bar. It usually shows the name of the relevant application that is currently being run.

ü  MENU BAR: Next to the tittle bar is the menu bar. It displays the primary operations available within the currently running application.

ü  TOOL BAR: This bar displays shortcut button for performing common operations, such as saving file or copying data.

ü  FORMAT BAR: The format bar also displays shortcut buttons for performing formatting operation, such as text alignment, changing the font size e.t .c

ü  SPECIAL BUTTONS:  Special buttons are located at the right most end of the title bar and are used to manipulate (enlarging/reducing) windows.

ü  CLOSE BUTTON: This is used to close the window and exit from the application.it is located at the right most end of the 3 displayed buttons and is represented by a cross symbol (X).

ü  MAXIMIZE BUTTON: This button is used to display a full-screen view of the windows. It is located in between the minimizing and close buttons. It is represented by a symbol (box).

ü  RESTORE BUTTON: The restore button represented by (-r) is only available if a window has been maximized and is used to restore the window back to its original size.

ü  MINIMIZE: This is used to reduce the size of the window. The application remains running in the background. It is represented by a hyphen like symbol (-).