Are you using dual monitors? If so, how?

David:

In a nutshell, I have one monitor for my actuall design work and one for all the items -- images, word docs, editing programs -- going into whatever I'm designing.  --Daniel

I could not live without two monitors.

Typically I have PPTs on one monitor with email, IM, and notes for a project behind them and any engage activities, Xcelsius, and Captivate open and available on the second.

Two screens is the only way to go and have even flirted with 3 (just because I could really). But two screens allows me to have my development screen free and then have all other content next to it.

I just could not live within one screen especially as my primary computer is a laptop. Here are two utilities I can't live without:

Dexpot  (http://www.dexpot.de/ )  - free utility that provides multiple virtual screens like Spaces on Mac

DisplayFusion (http://www.displayfusion.com/ ) - free and low price pro version, multiple monitor management made really easy

I use two monitors all the time, I couldn't live without two!  It is great when you are working on a presentation where you may be copying information from one to another.  Just open both presentations, click view, arrange all andyou get both on thesame screen while you other screen is free for everything else, such as editing an interaction or a phot in photoshop or any other program you may need to pull information from. 

The only drawback for me is that I am so used to using two monitors that when I can't, I find it really annoying.  To say I'm addicted to two monitors would be an understatement.

I love my "dualees".  I was the first in the office to get them and now we only have two holdouts (ironically, one is my boss).  I'm in the process of trying to get bigger monitors, the issue is realestate on my desk - especially with widescreen monitors.

1: Email, assets

2: Everything else

I only have one monitor at home, which often leads to me dragging things off of the screen only to realize that I don't have the dual setup.

All that being said; sitting on my couch with my laptop more than makes up for the number of available screens, imo.

I love my dual monitors.  On 1 screen I keep my email or web up and running for research or documents for cutting and pasting and on the other I keep the object/document I am working on.  My favorite use is when I am using certain elearning programs on one screen and using PowerPoint on another to create and manipulate graphics on the fly!  I will only go back to one monitor kicking and screaming!

I am definitly spoiled by using two!

I prefer to keep data on the left hand side and anything that requires typing on the left though that varies.

I like to use two monitors too.

One thing I've noticed is that when I publish a module with the maximize options in Articulate (Player Template > Other) set to actually maximize browser and presentation size , the published module doesn't display correctly when I'm testing on two monitors.

When I launch the module from our LMS it in my dual-monitor set up, the window is maximized height-wize on one monitor, but the width of the window is just 1/2 of one of the screens.

When I switch my monitors to clone (same image displayed on both screens), the module launches the way I want it too.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Our LMS is SumTotal.

Could never go back to one monitor.

I have PPT on monitor 1 and detach the Selection Pane and Animation Pane so that I can move them to monitor 2. (Actually they open up on monitor 2 now.) Gives me a bigger stage area to work with PPT.

I do a similar thing when working with Photoshop.

I also do the 2 PPT files open on separate monitors as mentioned by others.

I don't even think about it as two monitors. I just treat it as one big monitor.