Switching Between Full Screen and Window Mode

The moment you insert a DVD into your Macintosh, the DVD Player program loads and displays the main menu of your DVD in a full screen, as shown in Figure 24-1. (If the DVD Player does not load automatically, you can open it by clicking the Finder icon on the Dock, clicking the Applications icon in the left pane of the Finder window, and then double-clicking the DVD player icon.) If you want to see the rest of your Macintosh Desktop or other windows, you can make the DVD play inside a window, as shown in Figure 24-2.

In full screen mode, a DVD movie screen blocks out the rest of your Macintosh Desktop and menus.

Figure 24-1. In full screen mode, a DVD movie screen blocks out the rest of your Macintosh ...

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