Re-size all windows?

Let's say I have a bunch of open windows on my desktop, and they're all overlapping each other.
When I use Expose's F9 to show all windows, it takes every open window on my desktop and arranges them so I can see them all at once. But it's just an illusion. As soon as I select one, the windows go back to their original "all over each other" position.
Is there some way - maybe a 3rd party app - so I can actually move and re-size all the windows in one feel swoop so that they're all separated and none is covering another?

Roger Barre wrote:
LOL. I know how to resize a window. I'm simply trying to find out if there's a way to do it to arrange them all at once so they're all visible at the same time, and I can work on them.
no there isn't. exposé provides a number of other ways to work with multiple windows.

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