How do you close the animation things on the bottom if you don't want them there?
with your cursor in the window above what you want to close, move the cursor to a lower corner until it turns into crosshairs...
then left click and drag down toward the window you want to close... the cursor will turn to a downward arrow, then release the left mouse button...
repeat for each window you want to close
hope this helps
You can also right click when the cross hair shows up and it gives you a few more options.