Basic window navigation problem

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Hi Dan Hips,

With both applications open, right-click a blank area of the Taskbar and
select whichever of these options is more to your liking:
Cascade Windows
Tile Windows Horizontally
Tile Windows Vertically



Regards,

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Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Dan Hips" <DanHips@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B1FC090-0594-4FF0-BB7C-80D61CB32B6E@microsoft.com...
> Although it kills me to have to ask...When I am dealing with windows they
> minimize automatically to the task bar as soon as I select another. How is
it
> possible to get a window to stay open on the destop while working in
another.
> For example, I want to copy from a word document while writing in an excel
> document on the same screen. Many thanks for any help.