just came across something weird with Photoshop (PS 7 on OS X)...
Normally I have my PowerBook at home and plugged in to a 21" monitor
that sits to the left (remember "to the left" - sounds trivial but is
important) of my PB - as this monitor is somewhat old and a bit faded
I use this for my menus etc and have the picture I'm working on
displayed in the PowerBooks screen.
I went to a users office to do some quick photoshoping for something
they need to get to a publisher and came across a very curious
problem.
I started the Powerbook without the second monitor (obviously) and
launched Photoshop and while the toolbars and pallets where now
located on the built in, now only, screen when ever I tried to pull
up the layer blend window or the layer effect window it was off on to
the now non existent monitor.
I tried "detect monitors" but the powerbook knew there was only the
internal so it was obviously a photoshop issue.
tried Photoshop's view menu options and changing the resolution but
no mater what the "lost" windows would not come back.
In the end plugged in my powerbook in to the users monitor -
fortunately they had a Apple LCD so correct monitor plug and the
external monitor appeared and arrange by the system to the right of
the built in screen... but still no layer pallet until I rearranged
the external monitor in the control panel so it was logically to the
left.... bingo... dragged it back to the internal monitor then
unplugged the external so he could use his mac again.
just got me thinking - what if next time there isn't a spare monitor
or I don't have my apple to vga adaptor?
Just how would I get this pallet back then?
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Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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