People
who’ve bought second and third monitors, and figured out how to set up
and configure them, can vouch for the resulting productivity boost. You
can dedicate each screen to a different program or kind of
program. Screen 1 might con
tain your email and chat windows, arranged
just the way you like them. Screen 2 can hold Photoshop, with an open
document and the palettes carefully arrayed. On Screen 3: your Web
browser.
Well, in Windows 10, you can set up an unlimited number of virtual monitors
—simulated ones. Ordinarily, of course, attaching so many screens to a
single computer would be a massively expensive proposition, not to
mention detrimental to your living space and personal relationships. But
virtual ones are free and very compact.
To
set up screens, enter Task View (see the video above). Click New
Desktop. As you can see at the bottom, you now have two “screens.” Click
New Desktop again for a third screen, and so on.
Move
your cursor to the first one: The “cards” representing all your open
programs appear. Drag the miniatures of your open apps onto the
corresponding desktops.
Click the real desktop — or any of the miniatures — to exit Task View.
Now you’ve got two monitors or more. The fun begins!
Press
three keys simultaneously: Control, Windows key, and the right or left
arrow key. It’s like changing the channel. You rotate to the previous or
next desktop.
When
you’ve had enough, re-enter Task View. Point to one of your desktop
icons, and click its X close button. All of its open app windows pile up
on the desktop to their left.
And to think that you were alive to see the day!
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