Interactively...

Make a notebook full screen

With the notebook you want to make full screen frontmost, choose Window Full Screen ():

Stop displaying a notebook full screen

With a full-screen notebook displayed, choose Window Full Screen () to stop displaying the notebook full screen:

Programmatically...

Make a notebook full screen

Set a notebooks WindowSize option to Full to make it full screen:

Stop displaying a notebook full screen

Set a notebooks WindowSize option to Inherited to make it stop displaying full screen:

  • Inherited will revert a window to its previous size. You can also set WindowSize to a fixed value such as {500,300} or Medium.

Programmatically When a Notebook Is Created...

Create a full-screen notebook by specifying WindowSizeFull: