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Chapter4.Workingwiththeportreplicator

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthevideooutputfunctionoftheportreplicatorandinstructionson

howtoworkwiththeportreplicatorutility,whichenablesyoutoconguretheportreplicatortoyourneeds.

Understandingthevideooutputmodes

Theportreplicatorworksintwovideooutputmodes:

•Extendmode

•Mirrormode

Bydefault,theportreplicatorusesExtendmodetooutputthevideo.

Extendmode

Extendmodesplitsyourdisplayacrosstwomonitors.IntheWindowsXPorWindowsVistaoperating

system,therearetwooptionswhenyouareusingExtendmode:

•ExtendT o:Inthismode,yournotebookcomputermonitorwillbetheprimarydisplayandtheexternal

monitorwillbethesecondarydisplay.Youcangiveeachmonitoritsownframebufferthroughthe

submenuoptionsRight,Left,AboveandBelowandthroughdragoperations.Thedisplayspacewill

beacontinuousarea,allowingwindowsandobjectstobemovedbetween,orevenstraddledacross

bothdisplays.

•SetasMainMonitor:Inthismode,theexternalmonitorwillbetheprimarydisplayandthenotebook

computermonitorwillbethesecondarydisplay.

InExtendmode,youcandraganddropwindowsfromonedisplaytotheother.Also,youcanincrease

yourproductivitybydoingthefollowing:

•Reade-mailsononedisplayandopentheattachmentsontheother.

•Expandaspreadsheetacrossbothdisplays.

•Forgraphicsediting,increaseyourworkareabyputtingallthepaletteandtoolbarsontheseconddisplay.

•KeepthedesktopononedisplayandwatchaDVDontheother.

Mirrormode

Mirrormodeclonesthedisplayofyournotebookcomputermonitortotheexternalmonitor.