Resizing partitions in Boot Camp

Can anyone tell me how to change the size of partitions in Boot Camp?

Ok - I see. It's not as easy as I hoped for. And the thing is, that I fortunately haven't installed a lot of programs yet. So I think that I'll rather start over from the beginning... But thanks to the both of you. I got the answer that I needed ;o). Best regards from Ditte

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