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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Display

Most laptops support a second monitor via a digital port of some sort. There

are many of these—you may find HDMI (including Mini-HDMI and Micro-

HDMI), DisplayPort (including USB Type-C and Thunderbolt), and DVI; on

ancient or special-purpose portables, there’s even a chance you may still find

an analog VGA. With a second monitor attached, you can duplicate your

screen to the new monitor, or extend your desktop across both displays,

letting you move windows between them. Not all portables can do all

variations, but they’re more common than not.

Most portables use the fn key plus another key on the keyboard to cycle

through display options. Figure 23-10 shows a typical keyboard with the fn

key; note the other options you can access with the fn key, such as indicated

on the f2 key. To engage the second monitor or to cycle through the modes,

hold the fn key and press f2.

Figure 23-10 Laptop keyboard showing Function (fn) key that enables you to

access additional key options, as on the F2 key

NOTE Although many laptops use the Function key method to cycle the

monitor selections, that’s not always the case. You might have to pop into the

Display applet or System Preferences to click a checkbox. Just be assured

that if the laptop has a video output port, you can cycle through monitor

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