How to hide, re-display and move windows

The active view (2D view, 3D view, tabular data view or report view) is always maximised. If required a second view can be displayed at the same time by opening a vertical or horizontal tab group.

All the remaining windows can be resized and repositioned to float over the views, or docked to an edge of another window - see the instructions below for details.

Auto-hide a window

To increase the area available for graphical display, you can choose to auto-hide any of the windows.

In the desired window, click Auto Hide.

The window immediately contracts to a tab.
Click the window tab to expand it.

You can only expand a window if it is docked against an edge of the main window.

Close a window

Click

Close at the top right corner of the window.

Re-display a closed window

Click the Windows tab.
In the View group, click the window name.

If the window is already displayed, its control is highlighted in the View group.

Move a window

Select the title bar of the window, and drag the window to its new location.

If you place the selected window over an edge of the main window, or over a divider within the main window, the window docks to that edge or divider.

Dock a window as a tabbed page in another window

Select the title bar of the window, and drag the window over the title bar or the tab group of the other window.

Open a tabbed page in another window

Select the tabbed page, and drag the page to its new location.

The tabbed page opens in a new window.

Dock a window using the docking control

Select the title bar of the window, and start dragging the window.

The window docking control appears in the middle of the main window.
Drag the window over the docking control button that indicates the desired location.

Dock a window to a tabbed page of the current window

Select the title bar of the window, and drag the window over the central button of the docking control.
Release the left mouse button.