Hi,

I have CorelDraw X3 installed on my laptop, which I use at home and in the office. My laptop has dual-monitor support.

In the office, CorelDraw goes on the nice, big external monitor. When you use CorelDraw with a dual-monitor set-up, it remembers the positions of all dialog boxes. Most programs do this, but CorelDraw is a bit too good at it... When I  switch of the external monitor, take my laptop home, and start CorelDraw, there is a problem.  ALL dialog boxes that last opened on the external monitor are invisible in the single-monitor set-up.Actually, they are projected into the external workspace, which doesn't exist anymore (don't ask me why). Inconveniently, they also block everything else, unless you turn them off with the escape key.

In PhotoPaint, you can turn this of (Options > Workspace > General > disable 'Keep dialog position'). I don't see anything similar in CorelDraw.

What can I do?

Rik


 

Rik,
I suggest you save two workspaces. One for the office and one for home.
The office one can take advantage of your dual monitors. When you get
home, you load the home workspace and you're in business again.
(You might want to set this up at work since you can actually see all
your dockers there.)
Just set things up for work, then go to Tools/Options and click
Workspace in the left column. Then click the New button and give your
workspace a name like "Work".
Then set things up again for home and save again, giving your workspace
the name "Home".
When you open CorelDRAW in either place, the first thing you do is go to
Tools/Options and choose the workspace and you're in business.
Val P.

Rickus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have CorelDraw X3 installed on my laptop, which I use at home and in
> the office. My laptop has dual-monitor support.
>
> In the office, CorelDraw goes on the nice, big external monitor. When
> you use CorelDraw with a dual-monitor set-up, it remembers the positions
> of all dialog boxes. Most programs do this, but CorelDraw is a bit too
> good at it... When I switch of the external monitor, take my laptop
> home, and start CorelDraw, there is a problem. ALL dialog boxes that
> last opened on the external monitor are invisible in the single-monitor
> set-up.Actually, they are projected into the external workspace, which
> doesn't exist anymore (don't ask me why). Inconveniently, they also
> block everything else, unless you turn them off with the escape key.
>
> In PhotoPaint, you can turn this of (Options > Workspace > General >
> disable 'Keep dialog position'). I don't see anything similar in CorelDraw.
>
> What can I do?
>
> Rik
>
>
>
>
>
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>

Hey,

This is happening to me too. I can not change the outline color without the dialog box showing up. I've even re-installed my copy of Draw and it still thinks there is a secondary monitor. It's driving me bananas. 

Val: 

Thanks Val! That'll save me from having to re-install the whole thing. (Why didn't I find out about this site earlier... )

I assume your answer implies that there is no simple way to turn off the position memory of the dialogs?

Hi Vik !

I think val's solution is one of fastest solution. Working with two different workspace for two different monitor.

Sorry, I don't know of any good way to return everything to default
positions other than loading the default workspace. Once you've saved
your own preference for a workspace, it's just as easy to load your own
workspace as it is to load the default, and you get to keep your own
preferences.
Ctrl+J opens the Options menu, click on Workspace at the top of the left
column and check the workspace you want to use. OK out and you're in
business.
Have fun!
Val P.

Rickus wrote:
> Val:
>
> Thanks Val! That'll save me from having to re-install the whole thing.
> (Why didn't I find out about this site earlier... Big Smile)
>
>
>
> I assume your answer implies that there is no simple way to turn off the
> position memory of the dialogs?
>
>
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> http://coreldraw.com/forums/p/1505/5468.aspx#5468
>