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      type="topic" style="task"
      id="display-dual-monitors">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="prefs-display"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.8.0" version="0.3" date="2013-03-09" status="outdated"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2013-09-23" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
      <email its:translate="no">tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

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    <desc>Set up an additional monitor.</desc>
  </info>

<title>Connect another monitor to your computer</title>

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<section id="video-demo">
  <title>Video Demo</title>
  <media its:translate="no" type="video" width="500" mime="video/webm" src="figures/display-dual-monitors.webm">
    <p its:translate="yes">Demo</p>
    <tt:tt its:translate="yes" xmlns:tt="http://www.w3.org/ns/ttml">
      <tt:body>
        <tt:div begin="1s" end="3s">
          <tt:p>Type <input>displays</input> in the <gui>Activities</gui>
          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 additional monitor</title>
  <p>To set up an additional monitor, connect the monitor to your computer. If
  your system does not recognize it immediately, or you would like to adjust
  the settings:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>Displays</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Displays</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
<!-- It is not possible to switch monitors off or on in 3.10
    <item>
      <p>Click on the monitor that 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 treated as "main", click on
      the top bar and drag it over to the monitor which you want to set as the
      "main" monitor.</p>
    </item>
<!-- This does not work in 3.10 like this
    <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>To rotate the orientation of the monitor, click on it and use the
      buttons with the arrows to rotate it.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>When you are happy with your settings, click <gui>Apply</gui> and then
      click <gui>Keep Changes</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>
</section>

</page>
