Office 2004 and Dual monitors on Panther

[Robin Sofer]

I have just moved over from a Windows PC to a shiny new Mac Powerbook G4 15²
with an additional external monitor and Office 2004 Mac Pro

Question 1
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In the Windows version of Office 2003 you can choose to have the full
application (eg Excel) displayed in the external monitor (menus, toolbars
and sheet) or drag the while application across to the second monitor from
the main laptop monitor

It seems that in Office 2004 MAC you need to manually drag the particular
sheet across to the external monitor and then each toolbar and the
formatting pallet. You don;t seem to be able to move the Excel main menus
across as well. You also cannot choose to show the full application in the
external monitor.


Question 2
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It also seems that you cannot switch the external monitor to be the primary
(so that the dock, finder, etc) is on the ext monitor and the laptop monitor
as the secondary to reviewing applications, while your main work is carried
out on the larger ext monitor.

Is this by design or am I missing a trick, during my learning
phase.........?

Thanks for the help.... Robin

 

[Oz Springs]

Hi Robin

You can have the menus on the external monitor and if you do this you make
it your startup screen.

To do this, open ³System Preferences² in the Apple Menu, select ³Displays²
and click on the ³Arrangement² tab (this tab won¹t show if you only have one
monitor). On the top of one of your screens will be a little white strip.
Select and drag it to the other screen. You can also adjust the screens¹
relationship with each other by moving to the left or to the right and if
one screen is smaller than the other move it up and down so the mouse
doesn¹t hit a ³wall² where you don¹t want it to.

You can also mirror the monitors so exactly the same thing is showing on
both screens. This isn¹t terribly useful unless you are showing a movie or
some other display. I prefer to have the screens as one big workspace.

One of the benefits of the Mac multiple-monitor setup is that you can spread
your work, for example Excel, over both screens rather than limiting it to
one monitor. For instance you can have more than one worksheet open at once,
one or more on each screen, and have all your palettes easily visible on the
second screen without hiding your work. I found it really confining to have
my app space restricted to just one screen when I happened to use a PC at a
client¹s office.

I think I have answered both of your questions. I hope you enjoy using your
Mac.

Kind regards



Oz

 

[Robin Sofer]

ABSOLUTELY GREAT......... THANKS

Hi Robin

You can have the menus on the external monitor and if you do this you make
it your startup screen.

To do this, open ³System Preferences² in the Apple Menu, select ³Displays²
and click on the ³Arrangement² tab (this tab won¹t show if you only have one
monitor). On the top of one of your screens will be a little white strip.
Select and drag it to the other screen. You can also adjust the screens¹
relationship with each other by moving to the left or to the right and if
one screen is smaller than the other move it up and down so the mouse
doesn¹t hit a ³wall² where you don¹t want it to.

You can also mirror the monitors so exactly the same thing is showing on
both screens. This isn¹t terribly useful unless you are showing a movie or
some other display. I prefer to have the screens as one big workspace.

One of the benefits of the Mac multiple-monitor setup is that you can spread
your work, for example Excel, over both screens rather than limiting it to
one monitor. For instance you can have more than one worksheet open at once,
one or more on each screen, and have all your palettes easily visible on the
second screen without hiding your work. I found it really confining to have
my app space restricted to just one screen when I happened to use a PC at a
client¹s office.

I think I have answered both of your questions. I hope you enjoy using your
Mac.

Kind regards



Oz

 

[Dave Pooser]

It seems that in Office 2004 MAC you need to manually drag the particular
sheet across to the external monitor and then each toolbar and the
formatting pallet. You don;t seem to be able to move the Excel main menus
across as well.

Right. The Mac doesn't have an application-specific menu, it has one
menu.

It also seems that you cannot switch the external monitor to be the primary
(so that the dock, finder, etc) is on the ext monitor and the laptop monitor
as the secondary to reviewing applications, while your main work is carried
out on the larger ext monitor.

Is this by design or am I missing a trick

You're missing a trick. Go to System preferences and select Displays.
Click on the Arrange tab to show miniatures of both displays. Then drag
the menubar from one display to the other.