Help! What is this and how do I make it go away?!

I was trying to make sure a list from an internet page was written identically in a word document, and had them pulled up next to each other, side by side. I must have unknowingly pushed something to activate whatever this thing is, because it suddenly minimized one of the two screens and now it won't let me pull both a Word document and a Safari screen up at the same time. If I have one up, and try to pull the other up, this thing pops up and minimizes the first screen, and pulls up the screen from the other app. I am getting really frustrated trying to figure out how to un-do whatever I did that made this start happening. Can anybody help?

Is it possible that the F10 key is stuck in the down position?
Something like the effect you describe is produced by hitting the F10 key on a standard keyboard.
On a laptop keyboard you would have to hold down the fn key (far left, bottom row) and hit the F10 key at the same time. The F10 is on the top row, above the 0 (zero) key.
So try jiggling the fn key as well as the F10 key to see if you can get rid of the problem.

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Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 16:57:32
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (143.12 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity          (1.3.2f5)
          com.symantec.kext.pf          (4.2.1f7)
          com.symantec.kext.ips          (3.2f8)
          com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm          (11.2.2f3)
          com.symantec.kext.fw          (1.0.3f5)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.avscandaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.deepsight-extractor.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.diskMountNotify.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.MissedTasks.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          [System] com.symantec.Sched501-1.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          [System] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.symSchedDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          [System] com.mga.updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
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User Login Items:
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          Steam
          iTunesHelper
          Skype
          Steam
          Mail
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          Mac Game Store Helper
          HPEventHandler
          SymSecondaryLaunch
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          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
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          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
Audio Plug-ins:
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          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
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          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
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          Norton\nQuickMenu 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          /Applications/iWork '09
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                    Mystery Case Files Dire Grove CE:          Version: 1.0.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Mystery Case Files Escape from Ravenhearst CE:          Version: 1.0.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
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                    Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare:          Version: 1.0.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Drawn The Painted Tower:          Version: 1.0.7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Mayan Prophecies - Ship of Spirits CE:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
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          Garmin Lifetime Map Updater:          Version: 2.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Google Chrome:          Version: 20.0.1132.47 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          FacebookVideoCalling:          Version: 1.2.0.157 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
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Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
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               8%          WindowServer
               2%          HP Utility
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          NortonAutoProtect
               0%          mds
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          315 MB          SymAVScanDaemon
          111 MB          DashboardClient
          102 MB          WindowServer
          94 MB          mds_stores
          90 MB          Mail
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          36 MB          Free RAM
          1.23 GB          Active RAM
          1.18 GB          Inactive RAM
          758 MB          Wired RAM
          1.27 GB          Page-ins
          21 MB          Page-outs
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