What is the Title Bar?

The title bar is located at the uppermost part of your screen. It usually appears as a blue bar all the way across the screen and it will look similar to the one above.

What components will you find in the Title Bar?

Icon of the Program

This example displays an icon for the Microsoft PowerPoint Program.

 
Name of the Program

Here you see the description of Microsoft PowerPoint.

 
Name of the File

The name of the file that is currently open in the program which in this example was Getting Acquainted Desktop. The .ppt at the end of the file name tells you that it is a Power Point File.

Minimize, Maximize & Close

These icons are found in the uppermost right hand corner.

 This button allows you to "minimize" your current application window. This means that it will shrink down and disappear into the task bar (usually at the very bottom of your screen.) The file and program are still open, however the page is tucked away as a tab in the task bar. To restore  it to its original size, simply find the tab with that file title at the bottom and double-click on it.

 This button "maximizes" the current application to cover the entire screen. Once maximized the icon changes to the following picture - two squares in the box. When the screen is maximized, the window can NOT be resized by using your mouse and arrows to drag the edges to a different size.

 When clicked again, this button will restore the maximized window down to its original size. Now, the resizing feature is again available. To learn more about resizing, click here.

 This button is the shortcut to close the current page that you are working on. If you have not yet saved your work, a box will pop-up asking if you'd like to save it. You can choose yes, no or cancel. If you say "no," it is permanently gone.

PLEASE NOTE:  If your computer is low of resources, keep as many of these windows closed as possible. If you are not planning on working in the window again shortly, close it. It will keep your computer running more smoothly and efficiently.

This is a Title Bar when working in a Microsoft Word Program. It is very similar to the previous one, however note the differences of the

• Program Icon
• File Name - Title Bar.doc
• Program Name - Microsoft Word

Any time that you see the ".doc" after a file name, that indicates that it is a Microsoft Word Document.

This Title Bar came from the ScyberBiz web site. Here are a few things to notice which are different from those above.

• The browser being used was Internet Explorer, indicated by the icon on the left.
• There is no File Name. Instead what you find here are the "keywords" that I put into the Title Bar when designing the web site.
• The Program Name is hidden due to the number of words used in the Title Bar. The 3 dots after the word Business indicate that there are more words not showing.

That completes the Online Training for Title Bars.