Digital Tigers SideCar MMS Series - Manual (Page 54)

50- U SER OPTIONS FOR MULTI - DISPLAY EASE OF USE
QuickDesk / PowerDesk utilities
(window / dialog box positioning)
The SideCar MMS includes Matrox QuickDesk / PowerDesk utilities that improve the
convenience of working with your multi-monitor desktop. Features of these utilities include
controlling where dialog boxes and program windows appear – so alert messages from your
programs appear where you want them, and programs open in your preferred monitors.
Since your multi-monitor desktop may span as many as six monitors, these utilities are very
helpful for visual organization.
If you notice that dialog boxes are opening across the “seam”
between two monitors , or that you are moving programs around frequently from one monitor to
another, you may want to customize your preferences using these easy utilities .
Any time a SideCar monitor is active (and the computer has been
rebooted once since installation of the SideCar), a QuickDesk shortcut
loads automatically on the Windows Taskbar. It is a blue icon that
appears near the clock on the Taskbar:
Clicking on that icon opens the following QuickDesk menu:
Select any of these items to
explore options for
customizing your
workspace. For example,
selecting “Multi-Display
Controls” opens the
following dialog box: