Quick Look at Program Manager


Program Manager

Your base of operations in Windows. It is both an application starter and an organizational tool. From Program Manager you can start applications by double-clicking icons. You can also arrange your applications and documents into groupings.


application Control-menu


title bar

Contains the title of the application running in the window, in this case Program Manager.

Drag the title bar to move the window.


Minimize button

Click the Minimize button to shrink the Program Manager window to an icon.


Maximize button

Click the Maximize button to enlarge the Program Manager window to its maximum size.


File menu


Options menu


Window menu


Help menu


menu bar

Contains the names of all the Program Manager menus.

Click a menu name to display commands.


document Control-menu


group window title bar

Contains the title of the open group window.

Drag the title bar to move the window.


Minimize button

Click the Minimize button to shrink the group window to an icon.


Maximize button

Click the Maximize button to enlarge the group window to its maximum size.


program item icon

Represents an application or a document.

Double-click a program item icon to start an application or open a document.


group window

Displays the program items in a group.

You can create groups and organize your applications to match the way you work. You can change the contents of a group by adding or deleting program items.


group icon

Represents a group.

Double-click a group icon to open it.


window border

The outside edge of a window.

Drag the window border to change the size of the window.


application window

The main window for an application, in this case the Program Manager window. The Program Manager application window contains group windows.


application icon

Represents a running application. An application icon appears after you minimize an application.

Double-click an application icon to restore it to a window.


desktop

The background on which windows, icons, and dialog boxes appear.

Double-click anywhere on the desktop to start Task List.