How did my open windows display as thumbnails on Desktop? VermontGreg 10/25/2008 8:35:00 PM I was moving my keyboard around and must have accidentally hit a key combination that made all the windows of the programs I was working with appear like large thumbnails in a nicely-spaced array on my screen. It was really neat and I'd like to know how I did it! I've been searching everywhere for documentation for this to no avail. Can you help?

Re: How did my open windows display as thumbnails on Desktop? Ray Parrish <crp[ at ]cmc.net> 10/25/2008 9:49:58 PM I don't know the keyboard shortcut for that, but here is a link that tells you how to do it with the mouse. It's called "tiling" windows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager Later, Ray Parrish VermontGreg wrote: [Quoted Text] > I was moving my keyboard around and must have accidentally hit a key > combination that made all the windows of the programs I was working with > appear like large thumbnails in a nicely-spaced array on my screen. It was > really neat and I'd like to know how I did it! I've been searching > everywhere for documentation for this to no avail. > Can you help? -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages

Re: How did my open windows display as thumbnails on Desktop? "xxxxx" <xxxxx[ at ]googlemail.com> 10/26/2008 9:15:18 AM "VermontGreg" <VermontGreg[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F34A0C13-D1AA-4EF3-91D3-99D21E73F8EB[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I was moving my keyboard around and must have accidentally hit a key > combination that made all the windows of the programs I was working with > appear like large thumbnails in a nicely-spaced array on my screen. It > was > really neat and I'd like to know how I did it! I've been searching > everywhere for documentation for this to no avail. > Can you help? Hit the Ctrl key while scrolling your mouse. When you have the size you want, close the window by hitting the Ctrl key while hitting close. The window will then open up at the size you've closed it at.

Re: How did my open windows display as thumbnails on Desktop? JD <JD[ at ]example.invalid> 10/26/2008 12:38:51 PM VermontGreg wrote: [Quoted Text] > I was moving my keyboard around and must have accidentally hit a key > combination that made all the windows of the programs I was working with > appear like large thumbnails in a nicely-spaced array on my screen. It was > really neat and I'd like to know how I did it! I've been searching > everywhere for documentation for this to no avail. > Can you help? Alt-Tab? -- JD..

Re: How did my open windows display as thumbnails on Desktop? "Gary Brandenburg" <Gary[ at ]whatever.com> 10/27/2008 10:02:17 PM I know that pressing the middle scroll wheel of the mouse will do this, with the "Microsoft Intellipoint" mouse software installed. ~Gary "VermontGreg" <VermontGreg[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F34A0C13-D1AA-4EF3-91D3-99D21E73F8EB[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I was moving my keyboard around and must have accidentally hit a key > combination that made all the windows of the programs I was working with > appear like large thumbnails in a nicely-spaced array on my screen. It was > really neat and I'd like to know how I did it! I've been searching > everywhere for documentation for this to no avail. > Can you help?

Re: How did my open windows display as thumbnails on Desktop? "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> 10/27/2008 10:07:15 PM On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:02:17 -0400, "Gary Brandenburg" <Gary[ at ]whatever.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I know that pressing the middle scroll wheel of the mouse will do this, with the > "Microsoft Intellipoint" mouse software installed. What pressing the scroll wheel does is optional. There are a bunch of choices and what it does depends on which you choose for it. > "VermontGreg" <VermontGreg[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:F34A0C13-D1AA-4EF3-91D3-99D21E73F8EB[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I was moving my keyboard around and must have accidentally hit a key > > combination that made all the windows of the programs I was working with > > appear like large thumbnails in a nicely-spaced array on my screen. It was > > really neat and I'd like to know how I did it! I've been searching > > everywhere for documentation for this to no avail. > > Can you help? > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup