Landscape monitors have been a mystery to me ever since we crawled out of the flickering green and amber through the primordal mud of CGA, EGA, and VGA to today's super sharp 1280x1024 LCDs. But for all that advancement we (for the most part) are still stuck in a landscape world. As more and more firms move to paperless we've seen a lot of discussion about, and some real movement to, dual monitors. It's exciting to visit a firm and see their implementation --- but too often we're disappointed to find both monitors in that old, familiar landscape mode. Inertia and the "fuss factor" are to blame. (We've always looked at things this way, why change now?)
Hint of the day: IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED PORTRAIT, PLEASE D
O SO TODAY!
My prediction is that you'll never go back. Now, for an operational hint. I've fielded many questions (actually it's "many, many" but who's counting?) from firms trying to get to portrait. It's actually easy IF you have a pivoting monitor and IF you have a cooperating video card WITH a compatible driver AND the sun and the moon and the starts are all in alignment. If not, you might want to save what can easily become hours of your time (it's tax season, remember?) and download Pivot Pro Version 7 from Portrait Displays.com. . It'll make the job super easy and only set you back about $40. The free trial period will let you know up front if it's goping to work for you.
I promise that when you see a FULL PAGE of a tax return with no scrolling you'll be hooked. Happy viewing.
gll
