Re: viewing in xtended desktop is messed up?

OK.

Now, lets try something.

1) Open the control panel (Start => Settings => Control panel)
2) Open the display dialog
3) Click on the Settings tab

Is one of the monitor pictures grayed out?


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"Bruce" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hi

I will double check it, but the problem is , what happens on the extended
desktop, was happening also on the laptop screen.
Before what happened when I clicked the icon to start the presentation
that it would start on the projector full screen.
On the laptop screen, it would be differnt, I would view the slides kind
of in a minimized screen with arrow buttons kind of on the lower right
hand portion.
Now what happens it goes full screen as in the projector.


"Bill Dilworth" <vestprog2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Most laptops have 3 mode for handling a single desktop being shown. The
actual button that you need to press varies from model to model. On mine
it is Function F3, but yours will be different. Usually it is marked
with some sort of a monitor like icon on the keyboard.

Mode 1 is Laptop only
Mode 2 is Projector (external plug) only
Mode 3 is Both showing the same thing


In your case, I suspect that the extended desktop became inactive and
your laptop chose one of these options (#3). Some laptops are smart
enough to sense when a projector is plugged in (usually during the
power-up sequence) and will activate or deactivate the extended desktop
depending on the case, other laptops are not so smart. But all this
history is boring you, I'm sure.

To fix this:
1) Open the control panel (Start => Settings => Control panel)
2) Open the display dialog
3) Click on the Settings tab
4) Right click on the grayed out display monitor
5) Select Attached
6) Click Apply
7) OK out of everything

Try it now,

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"Bruce" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Previously when we viewed a ppt in extended desktop on a laptop and
projector, when we started the program it just showed the presentation
on the extended desktop. Apparently something got changed. On the laptop
before we could see the presentation, with right and left arrows and
pause it (and the slides on the left I think, don't remember now) this
way we could easily work with the ppt program without everyone seeing on
the projector.
Now when we view it, the same thing appears on both the laptop and the
projector, and we can't really contol it as good on the laptop?

Is there a setting to change this back? I hit the detect ane repair
thinking this would be it didn't.

Thanks for the help,
Bruce







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