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On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:35:48 +0100 Dan Lewis wrote: > 2009/9/20 Alan Pope <alan@xxxxxxxxx> > > > 2009/9/20 Chronoppolis <chronicdee@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > We have a older 800x600 projector and a modern wide screen laptop > > > with something like 1600x900. as such cloning the monitor across > > > does funny things and it doesnt look good at all - what i was > > > wondering was if i > > could > > > project just an 800x600 portion of the wide screen - for example > > > the text area of an email. has anyone heard of such a program? > > > > Why not just run the laptop at 800x600 and clone the entire screen? > > > > Cheers, > > Al. > > > i can and failing all us will do this - its just that it leaves the > widescreen laptop looking very weird as everything is stretched out. > worst case scenario this is what i will do. would be ok if you could > stop the distortion by having blank black strips on each side like > they do with widescreen tvs showing old films... > Dan I have found that some laptops have an option in the BIOS to stretch non-native resolutions. Grantedly it's not something I've seen very often, but when available it's a very handy option to turn off - essentially 800x600 would then take up a small 4x3 box in the middle of the screen. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html