There are also small adaptors that you can buy which plug into a spare USB port on your PC and allow you to connect a second monitor to the adaptor. Some are in the form of a small box, others have the adaptor as part of a cable assembly. They can be a much cheaper alternative then upgrading the graphics card (circuit board) inside the PC, and many PCs these days have the graphics circuitry built into the motherboard (the large main circuit board) so you would have to buy and install a separate graphics card. I have used dual monitors for years, but have always ensured that my PCs were supplied with a good quality graphics card that allows two monitors to be connected directly at the back of the PC. In my workplace the standard office PCs only have a single monitor output, so they bought multiple adaptors and extra monitors to enable us to have dual monitors. They are set up so you can have separate applications open on the second monitor, but you can also change the settings and have the one application spread across both screens, some people use that setting if they are using very large spreadsheets. I have RootsMagic open on my main monitor, and other applications on my second monitor usually, for example a web browser with Ancestry or Find My Past etc on the second monitor while I add or edit information in RootsMagic. On 21/09/2012 1:00 AM, Tom Holden wrote: > Most laptop computers support both the internal screen and an external one via a video connector and can be set to extend the Windows desktop over both, allowing RootsMagic to fill both ( not very ergonomic) or to fill one while something else fills the other. I sometimes use my iPad as an external monitor via wifi with a special app and matching streamer on the computer; it's a bit slow so best not to put motion video on it. > > Desktop computers with an empty card slot can have an extra video card installed to support a second monitor. Some cards support dual or more monitors so you could have 3 or 4 screens! Just like the stock and money traders... > > Tom > > > On 2012-09-20, at 10:35 AM, "L. L. Scott" <llscott2000@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> What kind of card???? >> >> ----- > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >