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  <info>
    <desc>Set up dual monitors on your laptop.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="outdated"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
      <email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
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    <link type="guide" xref="prefs-display"/>

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<title>Connect an external monitor to your laptop</title>

 <section id="video-demo">
   <title>Video Demo</title>
    <media type="video" width="500" mime="video/webm" src="figures/display-dual-monitors.webm">
    <p>Demo</p>
    <tt:tt xmlns:tt="http://www.w3.org/ns/ttml">
        <tt:body>
          <tt:div begin="1s" end="3s">
            <tt:p>Type <input>displays</input> in the Activities overview to open the
           <gui>Displays</gui> settings.
            </tt:p>
          </tt:div>

          <tt:div begin="3s" end="9s">
            <tt:p>Click on the image of the monitor you would like to activate or deactivate,
           then switch it <gui>ON/OFF</gui>.
            </tt:p>
          </tt:div>

          <tt:div begin="9s" end="16s">
            <tt:p>The monitor with the top bar is the main monitor. To change which monitor is
           "main", click on the top bar and drag it over to the monitor you want to set as
           the "main" monitor.
            </tt:p>
          </tt:div>

          <tt:div begin="16s" end="25s">
            <tt:p>To change the "position" of a monitor, click on it and drag it to the desired
           position.
            </tt:p>
          </tt:div>

          <tt:div begin="25s" end="29s">
            <tt:p>If you would like both monitors to display the same content, check the
                    <gui>Mirror displays</gui> box.
            </tt:p>
          </tt:div>

          <tt:div begin="29s" end="33s">
            <tt:p>When you are happy with your settings, click <gui>Apply</gui> and then click
           <gui>Keep This Configuration</gui>.
            </tt:p>
          </tt:div>

          <tt:div begin="33s" end="37s">
            <tt:p>To close the <gui>Displays Settings</gui> click on the <gui>x</gui> in the top
           corner.
            </tt:p>
          </tt:div>

        </tt:body>

      </tt:tt>

    </media>
  </section>



  <section id="steps">
  <title>Set up an external monitor</title>
  <p>To set up an external monitor with your laptop, connect the monitor to your laptop.
     If your system doesn't recognize it immediately, or you would like to adjust
     the settings:
  </p>

  <steps>
  <item><p>Type <input>displays</input> in the <link xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</link> overview to open the
           <gui>Displays Settings</gui>.
  </p></item>

  <item><p>Click on the image of the monitor you would like to activate or deactivate,
           then switch it <gui>ON/OFF</gui>.
  </p></item>

  <item><p>The monitor with the <link xref="shell-introduction">top bar</link> is the main monitor. To change which monitor is
           "main", click on the top bar and drag it over to the monitor you want to set as
           the "main" monitor.
  </p></item>

  <item><p>To change the "position" of a monitor, click on it and drag it to the desired
           position.</p>
           <note><p>If you would like both monitors to display the same content, check the
                    <gui>Mirror displays</gui> box.</p></note>
  </item>

  <item><p>When you are happy with your settings, click <gui>Apply</gui> and then click
           <gui>Keep This Configuration</gui>.
  </p></item>

  <item><p>To close the <gui>Displays Settings</gui> click on the <gui>x</gui> in the top
           corner.
  </p></item>
  </steps>
</section>


</page>
