Cascading and tiling open windows

You can instantly arrange all the open windows on the desktop with just a couple of mouse clicks. Just
to the left of the Notifications area in the taskbar is a neutral area that never gets covered by buttons.
Right-clicking that neutral area displays the menu shown near that area in Figure 2-7. Options on that
menu for arranging open windows are summarized in the following list:
Cascade: Stacks open programs from the upper-left corner of the desktop with just their
title bars showing, as in Figure 2-7.
Figure 2-7: The taskbar’s right-click menu revealed near the Notifications area of the taskbar. Open windows
on this desktop are cascaded.
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Tile Windows Horizontally: Sizes windows equally (if possible) and presents them as tiles
with no overlap. If there are only two or three windows open, each is stretched lengthwise
across the screen.
Tile Windows Vertically: As above, but windows are stretched to the height of the screen.
Show the Desktop: Hides all open windows, leaving only their taskbar buttons visible
(same as clicking the Show Desktop button in the Quick Launch toolbar).
Undo: Undoes whichever option you last selected.
Note Calculator is unique in that its window cannot be resized. The reason that the
Calculator window is as large as it is in Figure 2-7 is because I switched to the
Scientific calculator by choosing View › Scientific from the Calculator’s toolbar.
When the desktop is crowded, consider minimizing all the open windows. Then click the taskbar button
for the program you want to work with, to open only its window on the desktop.