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Question

How can I manage Investor/RT on a dual monitor setup so I can keep charts visible on one monitor while viewing web pages or email on the other monitor?  At other times I want Investor/RT to display across both monitors.
   

Answer

  • Open Investor/RT
  • Press the restore down button in the upper right hand corner of the main toolbar
  • Stretch the Investor/RT window to cover both monitors.
  • Move subwindows (within Investor/RT) that you want to keep in view all the time to the secondary monitor and save the Investor/RT layout
  • When you want to maximize a chart to occupy only one monitor (that is, not block out both monitors) slide right edge of the Investor/RT window left to the secondary monitor (assuming the secondary monitor is configured to the left of the primary monitor)
  • Now you can maximize a chart and keep it on the secondary monitor
  • To go back to dual monitor view slide right edge of Investor/RT window across to primary monitor

Here's another user suggestion...

Create two layouts: one for Investor/RT on say the right monitor and one for Investor/RT on both monitors, set up the single monitor layout first with the Investor/RT window in Restore mode, save all the windows and save the layout.  Then hit the Window maximize button and create the two monitor layout.  Save all those windows with unique names and then save that layout. On each layout put a button in one of the charts to toggle to the other layout.

Two clicks takes you from one to the other -- one on the window size and one to change layouts.

Note that when in the dual screen layout you can bring any of your other windows (e-mail, browsers etc) "on top" by clicking on the desired windows toolbars button so for some that might be all they need to do. Clicking anywhere on Investor/RT will once more bring it completely on top again.