Matrox Millennium G400 display card supports up to 4 monitors. It supports True Multi-monitor mode that is required for PowerShow (http://www.officeoneonline.com/powershow/powershow.html) as well as PowerPoint to recognize and utilize the multi-monitor capabilities of G400. Since G400 supports only the True Multi-monitor mode, your can simply install the card and accept the defaults that are set by the drivers. The following screen-shot is for a machine that has Matrox Millenium G400 having 4 monitors and an additional display card with 1 monitor. This machine has in all 5 monitors connected to it. This single machine drives 5 slide shows simultaneously using PowerShow. The only thing that you need to make sure is that Windows should be configured to use all monitors as follows:
In True Multi-monitor mode, you have both the monitors available for use. You can configure them to have different resolutions and color depths. Select the monitor in the Display Settings and set the Colors and Screen area individually. |