CalcWorks can be quickly reduced to its iconized state by clicking the iconize button on the calculator. The calculator window will be hidden and replaced by a small calculator icon on the desktop. Whether or not the icon appears in a window with a title bar can be set in Preferences. The icon can then be dragged to a convenient location on the desktop, where it will remain until clicked on, or CalcWorks is quit. Clicking on the icon restores CalcWorks to its previous state.
If the function of the iconize button is set to minimize instead of iconize (see 窶弃references Dialog窶), then clicking on the iconize button will reduce the calculator to the minimized display window. As with the icon, you can drag the display to any position on the screen, and clicking on the display restores the full calculator. When the minimized display window is active and front-most, all defined keys are available (see 窶廳ey & Color Setup窶), and can be used to perform calculations, as if CalcWorks were in its full active state.
The function of the iconize button (minimize or iconize) can be selected in Preferences. The alternate function can be performed by pressing the [2nd] button followed by the iconize button.
CalcWorks can be set to automatically switch back to the application that was active before CalcWorks when the calculator is iconized or minimized, as well as automatically iconize or minimize itself when you switch it to and from the background, by selecting these options in Preferences. The Minimize and Iconize commands are also available from the Options menu.
CalcWorks can also be configured to launch into the background in iconized state, by selecting the Startup Iconized item in the Options menu. You may want to use this option if you install an alias of CalcWorks in the Startup Items folder, to have CalcWorks launch at startup and remain available on the desktop at all times.
