Moving a Window That Is Off-Screen

 

If a window somehow gets moved so that the title bar is no longer within the display, it is impossible to get it back into place using the mouse. Fortunately, you can use this keyboard shortcut to retrieve the window:

         In the active window, Press <Alt>-<Space> to open the control menu,

         then type M for Move.

The mouse cursor will change to a four-pointed arrow.

         Press the arrow keys on the number pad in the direction you wish to move the window.

You will see a gray outline of the window moving in steps across the screen.

         Once you have the outline at the spot you want the window to be (make sure you can at least see the top edge of the box), press <Enter> to set the window in place.

 

Sometimes a window is so far off the screen that you can't see any bit of it and have no idea in which direction it should be moved. In this case, you can press <Alt>-<Space>, X to Maximize the window, causing it to move to and fill the desktop. At that point, you may choose to leave the window maximized and use it. Or, you can find out where the window came from by pressing <Alt>-<Space>, R to Restore it. Usually Windows will show an animated box that runs from the window's old position to its new position. Watch carefully for this box, and note in which direction it is going. Once you know where it went, you can use the procedure in the above paragraph to move the window back on screen.

 

Moving the Mouse with the Keyboard

 

Left Alt  Left Shift  Num Lock

Tab to move to OK

Use the numeric keypad to move the mouse, Enter to left click

 

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MVRHS 12/01/2007