Itunes window fills screen cannot resize

Somehow iTunes fills the whole screen and I am unable to resize it so that i can use other programs while surfing my music library. I went into preferences and unchecked the fill screen box and the window stays the same and the preferences when viewed again says that iTunes fill screen box is checked off. So now everytime that I want to view another program or internet feature I have to click the fourth button on the mouse in order to access other programs. Also when trying to update my iTouch, the downloaded software maxes out and then freezes returning an error statement stating the connection has timed out.

the other question i was going to post was regarding why word, excel, powerpoint for the mac automatically start up on a restart of the computer. i have tried to find the preferences that regulate this but the problem still persists. it gets annoying to see all of the windows open up plus previous documents that have been closed prior to shutdown and/or restart. what is the shortcut that i can take to stop these programs from starting up during this process

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