How to View a Computer Monitor When Using a Data Projector
A computer connected to a data projector can be used for presentations to a large audience where gathering around a standard monitor would be impractical. It's convenient to have the smaller monitor close by and active for viewing while working at the keyboard or mouse as well. Desktop keyboards and laptops are equipped with a hotkey to switch on the monitor or built-in screen on a laptop while the computer is connected to a projector.
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Instructions
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Turn on the computer and the projector to verify both are operating normally.
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Press the "Fn" key and hold it down while pressing the numbered function key (F1 through F12) that is printed either with "LCD/CRT" or a screen icon. This is the hotkey that controls the computer's video switch between the data projector and the computer monitor or the laptop screen.
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Press Fn and tap the function key repeatedly to switch on both the monitor and data projector, the projector only, or the monitor only.
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