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Chapter4.Workingwiththedock

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthevideooutputfunctionofthedockandinstructionsonhowto

workwiththedockutility,whichenablesyoutocongurethedocktoyourneeds.

Understandingthevideooutputmodes

Thedockworksinthefollowingthreevideooutputmodes:

•“Extendmode”onpage11

•“Mirrormode”onpage12

•“Single-displaymode”onpage12

Bydefault,thedockworksinextendmode.

Extendmode

Whenthedockisinextendmode,itsplitsyourdisplayacrosstwomonitors.

Therearethreeoptionswhenyouareusingextendmode:

•Extend:Whenyouselectthisoption,yournotebookcomputermonitorbecomestheprimarydisplayand

theexternalmonitorbecomesthesecondarydisplay.Bydefault,theexternalmonitordisplayisonthe

rightsideofthenotebookcomputermonitordisplay.

•ExtendTo:Whenyouselectthisoption,yournotebookcomputermonitorbecomestheprimarydisplay

andtheexternalmonitorbecomesthesecondarydisplay.Youcangivethemonitoritsownframebuffer

throughthesubmenuoptionsRight,Left,Above,andBeloworthroughdragoperations.Thedisplay

spaceisacontinuousarea;therefore,windowsandobjectscanbemovedbetweendifferentdisplays.

•SetasMainMonitor:Whenyouselectthisoption,theexternalmonitorbecomestheprimarydisplayand

thenotebookcomputermonitorbecomesthesecondarydisplay.

Inextendmode,youcandraganddropwindowsfromonedisplaytotheother.Youalsocanincrease

yourproductivitybydoingthefollowing:

•Readinge-mailsononedisplayandopeningattachmentsontheother

•Expandingaspreadsheetacrosstwodisplays

•Increasingyourworkareabyputtingallthepaletteandtoolbarsontheotherdisplaywhenyouare

doinggraphicsediting

•Keepingthedesktopononedisplayandwatchingvideosontheother

Toenterextendmode,dothefollowing:

1.ClicktheThinkPadBasicUSB3.0DockiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.Apop-upmenuopens.

2.SelectThinkPadBasicUSB3.0Dock,andthenselectonefromthefollowing:

•Extend

•ExtendTo

•SetasMainMonitor

Lenovo ThinkPad Basic USB 3.0 User Manual

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