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• Extend: When you select this option, your notebook computer monitor becomes the primary display and
the external monitor becomes the secondary display. By default, the external monitor display is on the
right side of the notebook computer monitor display.
• Extend To: When you select this option, your notebook computer monitor becomes the primary display
and the external monitor becomes the secondary display. You can give the monitor its own frame buffer
through the submenu options Right, Left, Above, and Below or through drag operations. The display
space is a continuous area; therefore, windows and objects can be moved between different displays.
• Set as Main Monitor: When you select this option, the external monitor becomes the primary display and
the notebook computer monitor becomes the secondary display.
In extend mode, you can drag and drop windows from one display to the other. You also can increase
your productivity by doing the following:
• Reading e-mails on one display and opening attachments on the other
• Expanding a spreadsheet across two displays
• Increasing your work area by putting all the palette and toolbars on the other display when you are
doing graphics editing
• Keeping the desktop on one display and watching videos on the other
To enter extend mode, do the following:
1. Click the ThinkPad USB 3.0 Pro Dock icon
opens.
2. Select ThinkPad USB 3.0 Pro Dock, and then select one from the following:
• Extend
• Extend To
• Set as Main Monitor
To exit extend mode, do the following:
1. Click the ThinkPad USB 3.0 Pro Dock icon
opens.
2. Select ThinkPad USB 3.0 Pro Dock ➙ Off.
Mirror mode
When the pro dock is in mirror mode, it clones your notebook computer screen to the external monitor. the
pro dock automatically selects the settings (screen resolution, color quality, and refresh rate) for the external
monitor, which achieves optimal resolution based on your notebook computer.
To enter mirror mode, do the following:
1. Click the ThinkPad USB 3.0 Pro Dock icon
opens.
2. Select ThinkPad USB 3.0 Pro Dock ➙ Mirror.
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