CSIS 572 WORKBOOK
Using Scroll Bars

Using Scroll Bars

Scroll bars appear along the bottom and right edges of a window when text, graphics, or icons in a window take up more space than the area shown. Using scroll bars, you can move up, down, left, or right in a window. You can also scroll through the window by using the up, down, left or right arrow on the keyboard.

The above figure shows an example of a scroll bar. Because the contents of the My Computer window are not fully visible in the window, a scroll bar is present on the right side of the window. The following steps show you one way to use the scroll bars to view items outside the visible window:

Procedures:

1. Open the My Computer window by double-clicking the My Computer icon or by selecting the Windows Logo key + E on the keyboard.
   
2. To see an object that is down and to the right of the viewable area of the window, point at the down arrow (Scroll arrow) located on the bottom of the vertical scroll bar. Use can also use the down arrow on the keyboard to scroll the window.
   
3. Click on the scroll arrow and the window’s contents scroll up.
   
4. Sometimes you might need to move slowly through a window. You can move the contents of a window one “windowful” at a time by clicking in the scroll bar on either side of the scroll box.

Address of this page is http://hhh.gavilan.edu/jmaringer/WindowsXP/xpscroll.html
Last updated September 20, 2005
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