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more information refer to pages 74-75 in the text.
The size and position of the horizontal and vertical scroll boxes give you information about the size of the document and the position of insertion point on the screen you are viewing.
The size of the scroll boxes in relation to the length of the scroll bar is roughly proportional to the size of the document.
In this picture, the horizontal scroll box is quite long, meaning that you are viewing most of the width of the document. Additionally, the scroll box is in the middle of the scroll bar meaning that what you are seeing is in the middle of the width of the document.
The vertical scroll bar, however, is very small and positioned near the top of the vertical scroll bar. Using the same principles, how much document is below the screen you are viewing?
If the horizontal scroll bar is missing this indicates that you are viewing the entire length of the document. When the vertical scroll bar is missing the entire length of the document is visible in the screen.
Using the mouse to drag these bars will change your location in a document much faster than clicking the arrowheads. Try dragging the vertical scroll bar on this document to the top of the document!
Last Updated: March 19, 2003
The vertical scroll box is near the top and is very small in relation to the length of the scroll bar. Thus, the information you are seeing is almost at the beginning of the document, and the document is fairly long. If the scroll box was in the middle of the scroll bar you would be half way down the document.
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