Comments on: I moved my window off screen. Can you help me get it back?

By: Karl Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com

Karl Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:15:09 +0000

Thanks for the comment John but where did you see the words “suppose to” in this article?

By: John N

John N — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:38:14 +0000

2 things:
(1) Sometimes the window is way, way off the screen and a lot of holding down an arrow key is required. If the Alt-Space, menu appears in the top right (for example) press the Down arrow for a while, press Enter and do again. If the Alt-Space, menu is still top right do again and again and again until it moves to the bottom. Then go up (and maybe down again) until the menu appears at the right. Then just press the left arrow until the window appears (you can’t miss this one). Mine took minutes.
(2) There is no such thing as “suppose to”. The words are “supposed to”. This comes from illiterate people who only hear english but don’t read it or even speak it correctly. Pet peeve of mine. That and “could of” (it’s “could’ve” people for “could of” as in I could’ve screamed when I read it). Come on people, let’s support the language.

By: NinjaAdmin

NinjaAdmin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:38:57 +0000

What version of word are you using?

By: Jami Kale

Jami Kale — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:04:24 +0000

I was working in word and must have hit something. Now when I maximize my word document it won’t maximize the whole screen. There is about two inches at the top showing my desktop and the bottom part of Word where the drawing tools is can’t be seen. Any words of wisdom?

By: kyle

kyle — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:10:07 +0000

what if the window is completely off the screen?

my IM window moved somehow and it shows up on the taskbar. it will maximize but when i restore it it just dissappears again

By: Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com

Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:17:42 +0000

Glad to help Joe! Thanks for reading.

By: Joe N.

Joe N. — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:14:26 +0000

Thank you it was driving me crazy but you saved me….worked like a charm.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:38:50 +0000

I am in a program (Legal files) which has other windows inside it. One of those windows has moved so that I cannot see it’s top taskbar to move it back. When I do Alt and Spacebar, the menu pops up in the upper left corner of the actual not program, and not the hidden window.

help?

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:28:14 +0000

Right-clicking app on taskbar (if it is present there) also gives same menu.

Unfortunately some windows simply lack that part at all – getting them on screen is way more tricky. :)

By: Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com

Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:50:11 +0000

You can use the keyboard arrow keys or the mouse once you activate the move cross hairs.

Thanks for the tip!

By: ElvenEyes

ElvenEyes — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:29:33 +0000

I think the Alt + Space Bar is a great tool! Thank you for showing us that. The only problem I’m having is with the M to move the window. I get the Move crossbar, but it does nothing. No matter where I placed it on the window or the portion of the toolbar I could see (I used my IE window), it wouldn’t move. I didn’t want to resize the window; I wanted to move it, but it wouldn’t work. Any ideas? I ended up having to change my screen resolution to something really large to get at the top of the IE window so I could drag it back down (which is another solution you could write about, I suppose).