Today I was composing letters to attorneys. It was so helpful to have the second screen to pull up the attorney’s web site to check something and not have to shrink the letter etc. Usually I would just print out the page from the web site to prevent the back and forth.

Becasue of your 2 screen tip I save time and paper. We already had the screen from our older desk top, that was retired about 2 weeks ago.
I love it, efficient and green! The day after Earth Day too.

Open Word or some other program on your laptop. Then at the top right of every Windows program there are 3 symbols. A _ then 2 little interlocked boxes then the X. Once Word is open click on the middle symbol. It will then make Word less than full screen.

(Note the middle symbol will change to a folder appearance instead of interlocked boxes.)

Next drag Word onto the right screen and then hit that middle symbol – it will then expand Word into full screen on the right screen. Any Word documents you open should then open up on the right screen.

You should be able to repeat this with any program that you want on the right screen. I keep Outlook open there. Another way to move the program is to double click in the middle of the program’s top/title bar. In Word you’d double-click on the words Microsoft Word. In Outlook, double-click on the words Microsoft Outlook on the top left. The program will go to “window-size” and you can then drag it to the other screen and by double-clicking on the words again will move it full size. Any files you open for that program should stay on the 2nd monitor.

If you have Outlook or Outlook Express open on that monitor, email will probably open on that same monitor (if you double-click on an email to open it) – you’d then need to drag it to the left screen, open it to full view and then send/close, etc. Future emails should then open on the left side.

Firefox is the only program I have issues with opening/closing consistently in the second monitor.

Try this and let me know.
Tom

Now I can not get the icons from my desktop to move over so that I could open a second site on screen #2. I just have my screen saver over there looking great but not doing anything helpful.
What step am I missing???

Then you should place your cursor about the middle of the main screen and then move it horizontally left then right to see which way (left or right) it will go onto the other screen. If it’s opposite what you expect, either move the second monitor or go back into “Properties” and drag the monitor icon marked [2] to the other side.

It should work from there. To open a program screen on the second screen – double-click on the blue bar at the top of the program screen – then drag it onto the second screen and double-click it again. It should open up full screen!

How do you drag from one split screen to another right now? All I can do is view the different screens.

Thanks!

Thanks for all of your tips! As a technically-challenged individual, I really need all of the help I can get and I always learn something knew from your Tuesday Tech Tips.

I remember seeing my techie friends in college using two screens (mainly to play computer games!) but I had never imagined how this might benefit me. Now I know that using two screens has more purpose than just looking cool! I never knew that I could attach a desktop monitor to my laptop – I will have to go drag that dusty thing out of storage!

Thanks again!