You can make a program full-screen by dragging the dividing bar away to make room for the app.
For example, here on my screen I have two apps open side-by-side: the Internet, and my Calendar:
How to close split screen?
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How do you close split screen
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Anonymous
2014-03-18T20:30:58+00:00 How do you close split screen
many thanks. I still don't know how I end up with it in the first place but once again many thanks
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@CmdrKeene 90,626 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2014-03-18T19:18:29+00:00 Some items you open may automatically open split. So if you're using the Mail app and click a webpage link, it will split for you so that you can see the email and the webpage link side-by-side.
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Anonymous
2014-03-18T19:10:56+00:00 How do you close split screen
many thanks. I still don't know how I end up with it in the first place but once again many thanks