Got one of the new extra wide Sony flat screens here at work (old eyes you know) and was wondering if it can be set up to work from two applications at one time. Like Excel on one half and TeamTrack on the other. Anyone know how? (other than minimized)

 

Depending on your graphic adapter it can be either easy (with an ATI) or a PIA -
If you cn manually arrange the windows to your liking if they ain't maximised it should work fine- the ATI software offers some hotkeys for arranging the windows on a wide screen.

But maybe I misunderstood your question ....

AlpineRAM

 

'Multi-Monitor' that's what Alpine is talking about. Your video card has to have mulitmon capability and then you can have one monitor (sony) showing excel and a second monitor doing whatever else. TWO monitors.

If you only have 1 monitor then open your 2 applications and go down the the task bar, right click and select "TILE WINDOWS" either horizontally or vertically. choose the one you like. This is not a global setting so each time you have 2 or more screens open you have to select TILE which ever way you want it.

Hit me up if you have any questions.

 

Yeah, some of the engineers here have the multi monitor thing, that is really neat.
I will try the split tile thing.

 

Hey...the Tile Windows thing is pretty neat. I never knew that before. Now I can browse DTR, see my email and work on the document I'm working on all at the same time. Sweet!

 

Do you mean like opening two programs and minimizing each one to half screen to be able to work both at the same time?

 

Yes. Just move the cursor down to the bottom of the screen in the task bar area, right click and select 'Tile Windows Vertically'.

MikeyB

 

That is neat learn something everyday. Just a quick question will this cause your pc to be any slower? Just curious. Later, Tony

 

Not really, unless you're running some very processor/video intensive programs.

MikeyB

 

That worked pretty well especially since I have the extra wide screen. I'm still going to see if they'l by me another monitor.

 

Make sure your video card has outputs for two monitors

 

OK. They set up some of the engineers computers that way for doing drawings and stuff. I will ask. Thanks