Hi larryw, you can collapse the side panels into small tabs which appear along the edge of the window. When you hover the mouse over a tab, its full panel will appear. When you move the mouse away from the panel, it will collapse back into a tab.
To use this feature, click the "Window -> Show Dockable Pane Titles" menu command. You'll see a title bar appear above each panel. On the right side of the title bar is a "Auto Hide" button that looks like a pin. Click that button to make the panel automatically hide to a tab. You'll need to move the mouse away from the panel before it will auto-hide. Repeat for the other panels until they have all been auto-hidden.
The documentation linked below explains this feature in more detail:
http://www.vueminder.com/products/vuemi ... indow.htmlI hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions.