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•Extend:Whenyouselectthisoption,yournotebookcomputermonitorbecomestheprimarydisplayand

theexternalmonitorbecomesthesecondarydisplay.Bydefault,theexternalmonitordisplayisonthe

rightsideofthenotebookcomputermonitordisplay.

•ExtendT o: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.ClicktheThinkPadUSB3.0ProDockiconintheWindowsnotiﬁcationarea.Apop-upwindow

opens.

2.SelectThinkPadUSB3.0ProDock,andthenselectonefromthefollowing:

•Extend

•ExtendTo

•SetasMainMonitor

Toexitextendmode,dothefollowing:

1.ClicktheThinkPadUSB3.0ProDockiconintheWindowsnotiﬁcationarea.Apop-upwindow

opens.

2.SelectThinkPadUSB3.0ProDock➙Off.

Mirrormode

Whentheprodockisinmirrormode,itclonesyournotebookcomputerscreentotheexternalmonitor.the

prodockautomaticallyselectsthesettings(screenresolution,colorquality,andrefreshrate)fortheexternal

monitor,whichachievesoptimalresolutionbasedonyournotebookcomputer.

Toentermirrormode,dothefollowing:

1.ClicktheThinkPadUSB3.0ProDockiconintheWindowsnotiﬁcationarea.Apop-upwindow

opens.

2.SelectThinkPadUSB3.0ProDock➙Mirror.

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