Can you resize monitor to fill the screen?

Anyone know if you can resize the monitor to fill your laptops screen rarther than just taking up a small area of it? I'm guessing you could change the letter box ratio? But I'd like to just resize the window leaving the ratio alone as you would for anything else.
Thanks
Richard

Many Thanks answers part of it - is it possible to drag the side or something to make it fill just the amount you want instead of going to full screen. Sorry my mistake I wasn't clear enough. I'm wanting the screen say to fill most of the the width with out an empty space but still have enough space to show say the recorder controls or something underneath guess you get the drift.
Thanks
Richard

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