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      id="display-dual-monitors">

  <info>
    <desc>Set up dual monitors on your laptop.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="3.8.2" date="2014-01-19" status="review"/>
    <revision version="14.04" date="2014-01-19" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
      <email>ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
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<title>Connect an external monitor to your laptop</title>

	<section id="unity-steps">
		<title>
			Set up an external monitor
		</title>
		<p>
			To set up an external monitor with your laptop, connect the monitor to 
			your laptop. If your system doesn't recognize it immediately, or you
			would like to adjust the settings:
		</p>
		<steps>
			<item>
				<p>
					Click the icon at the very right of the 
					<gui>menu bar</gui> and select <gui>System 
					Settings</gui>.
				</p>
			</item>
			<item>
				<p>
					Open <gui>Displays</gui>.
				</p>
			</item>
			<item>
				<p>
					Click on the image of the monitor you would like to 
					activate or deactivate, then switch it 
					<gui>ON/OFF</gui>.
				</p>
			</item>
			<item>
				<p>
					By default, the Launcher only shows on the primary
					monitor. To change which monitor is "primary", change
					the monitor in the <gui>Launcher Placement</gui>
					drop-down box. You could also drag the Launcher in the
					preview to the monitor you want to set as the "primary"
					monitor.
				</p>
				<p>
					If you want the Launcher to show on all monitors,
					change <gui>Launcher Placement</gui> to 
					<gui>All Displays</gui>.
				</p>
			</item>
			<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>
					When you are happy with your settings, click
					<gui>Apply</gui> and then click  <gui>Keep
					This Configuration</gui>.
				</p>
			</item>
			<item>
				<p>
					To close the <gui>Displays</gui> click on the
					<gui>x</gui> in the top corner.
				</p>
			</item>
		</steps>
	</section>

	<section id="sticky-edges">
		<title>Sticky Edges</title>
		<p>A typical problem with dual monitors is that it's easy for the mouse pointer to "slip" to
		the other monitor when you don't want it to. Unity's <gui>Sticky Edges</gui> feature helps
		with that problem by requiring you to push a little bit harder to move the mouse pointer
		from one monitor to the other.</p>
		<p>You can switch <gui>Sticky Edges</gui> off if you don't like this feature.</p>
	</section>

</page>
