Hi Valerie and Cathy,
Another alternative is to run two (or more) monitors at once, with say
Legacy in one, and Ancestry.com in another. That way the displays are
full-size and data can be copy/pasted from one to another. Most
recently graphics cards have provisions for two monitor connections, and
setup in their software to support either two separate displays, or a
stretched version of a single window that extends across the two monitors.
Once the two monitors have been set up, you can drag a minimized display
of an application from one screen to the other, then maximize it to fill
the screen (displays of applications can't be dragged screen-to-screen
when maximized).
Check the output jacks on your graphics card. If there are two (usually
a VGA 15-pin "D" jack and a DVI 24-pin jack, or 2 DVI jacks), then the
card can probably handle two monitors simultaneously. DVI jacks come in
about four varieties from 24 to 29 pins. Read your graphics card
monitor on how to set up the software.
All the best,
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Cathy wrote:
Hi Valerie,
This is basic Windows knowledge.
All Windows programs run in "windows" which can be maximised,
minimised or any size you want. The windows have three buttons in the
corner. One to minimise to the task bar (or system tray depending on
the program), one to maximise or reduce to the previously set size and
one to close. So long as the program isn't maximised, you can drag the
sides of the window to make it whatever size you want. Then you can
fit several open programs on the desktop - or have them overlapping so
there is a bit you can click to bring that window to the front.
If you are going to click on a Legacy window, beware where you click
as you will change the view, or if you had the Information Screen
open, you may change your data by checking a checkbox.
I also run many programs at the same time and flip between them using
the task bar or Alt + Tab or clicking on the bit I can see.
I generally only minimise a program if I want to leave it open but
won't be using it for awhile - or it's in the way of viewing something
on the desktop.
Cathy
At 11:34 AM 24/07/2007, you wrote:
Sounds very interesting to me Jan.
Can you tell me how to split the screen in Microsoft Outlook or Legacy
please ?
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Dublin, Wicklow &
Wexford - please ???????
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan
Holland
Sent: Tuesday, 24 July 2007 7:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Research notes for recent work
I always have my e-mail open in the background and split the screen
between
Legacy and the internet so it's easy to go back and forth. If I find
something and don't want to take the time to check Legacy I copy and
past
into an e-mail and when day is done-I send it to myself. Reminds me of
what
to check. You could do the same with an icon on your desktop and have a
document to keep adding to when things come up. May not be the easiest
way-but works for me.
Jan
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