How do I delete a Windows partition and resize the MAC HD partition to orig

How do I delete a Windows partition and resize the MAC HD partition to original? I am new to Mac and created a very large Windows partition and need to delete it and get back. To make matters worse, I do not have a drive configured for Time Machine.
Okay, I'm stupid and jumped the gun. but can anyone help this poor fool?
Richard

Okay, after lots of Google-ing, I finally decided to follow the ru - WAEFRTFI - and found the answer in the Boot Camp Installation Setup pdf on p. 22.
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