Well I don't do anything that requires PeachTree. I do my "bookkeeping" in an Access database I'm building. I mostly use PageMaker, Word, Access, Acrobat, DreamWeaver, FrontPage, PhotoShop, plus several email programs and several web browsers and I'm hoping to learn Illustrator soon (right - in my spare time!).
I'm rapidly warming to this two-screen idea. I still have to measure my desk space and spend a little time thinking about that, though. All I've had (at home) for the past five years is a laptop, so this is a major change. Thanks for all your info. And I'll let you know if I need to take you up on the monitor loaner idea. -cynthia -----Original Message----- From: Brian M. Rahill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [folkschool-list] Floating Menus BTW, the only app I've found so far that doesn't play nice with dual monitors is Peachtree. AFAIK, you can only work with it on one monitor at a time. Brian At 11:44 AM 3/22/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I appreciate your 2cents! I actually am just about to buy a new computer and >have been mulling the two-screen option as part of the package. My partner >does CAD and CAM and just went to two monitors at his shop and loves it - >but he had said he didn't think all programs would work with the two >monitors and I didn't know if Photoshop and Dreamweaver would. I'll still >need to think about both the desk-space and cost issue (I don' t have a >spare monitor handy) - but your experience with this is good to know. I am >also a "many apps open" user - rarely less than three at a time and often >more. > >Welcome to the list! > >Thanks >-cynthia > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brian M. Rahill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:53 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [folkschool-list] Floating Menus > >Hi All, > >I'm new to the list and have been lurking for a couple of weeks, but I can >weigh in on this one. > >Floating menus used to drive me crazy. I work in Dreamweaver and Photoshop >all the time and the toolbars were ALWAYS covering my work. I spent 10% of >my time just reorganizing and moving stuff out of the way. > >Then I finally purchased a video card that will support two monitors. It >was the single best upgrade I have ever made. It paid for itself in a few >days just by enabling me to work quicker. I love it! The video card cost >about $80 with a rebate, and I happened to have an additional monitor that >I could spare. > >I now keep all the toobars off on one monitor and the workspace on >another. Even if you use a small 15 inch monitor for the secondary monitor >you'll never have to worry about the tools covering your work. It almost >feels like having an additional computer. I one of those people that has >lots of applications open all at once, so having the additional monitor >really makes a difference. I might sound like a sales person but I after >having two monitors I would never go back to a single monitor. > >Just my 0.02. > >Brian > >At 03:35 PM 3/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >In Dreamweaver, you really need to be using a screen resolution of at > >least 1024 X 768. Otherwise I don't think there's any way to keep all > >those floating palettes from covering up your work. > > > >Jon > > > >At 01:27 PM 3/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >>They never bothered me much in PageMaker, because the workspace is bigger > >>than the document, so you can always have those floating boxes on one side > >>or the other - not on top of what you are actually trying to work on. But >in > >>Dreamweaver (for example), I can't scroll any further than the edge of the > >>page I have constructed - so the menu ALWAYS covers some part of my work. > >>Sooner or later, I need to work on the corner where I've left the toolbar, > >>so I have to drag it somewhere else. > >> > >>Any tips on this? :) > >>-cynthia > > > >Jonathan Falk > >Pine Tree Folk School > >RR 2, Box 7162 > >Carmel, ME 04419 > >(207)848-2433 > ><http://www.ptfolkschool.org> > > > > > > > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: > ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > > > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.a9gqS3 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
