I cannot get back from full screen to normal view

On full screen, there is no back button or any button other than the browsing tabs. I have to close firefox using task manager
system is dell mini 10 using windows 7 starter.
latest firefox, 3.6.10 downloaded today

I got a way away from this problem. When in full screen, if you move you mouse to the top right corner of your screen, there would be the options "Close", "Restore" and "Minimize". You should click on restore and the screen would come back to the normal view. Thanks.
regards,
sunray005

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