Step six dual monitors. If you want to view content from your laptop on a larger screen, or use dual displays to make multitasking easier, adding an external monitor can help. When using dual monitors, just like when using a single monitor, it is important to maintain your body head and neck in a neutral posture. This can be a little challenging when looking from one screen to the other. So the goal is to minimize your twisting and turning movements as much as possible. You can create a dual monitor workstation using a laptop as your primary or secondary monitor.

Desk and wall mount monitor arms and laptop mounts provide an easy way to adjust your monitors as well as clearing up desktop space. If you use Both of your monitors equally 5050 then position them side by side and as close together as possible. Where the two monitors touch should be centered in front of you. follow steps four and five above for height and distance positions. Now angle the monitors into a slight outward V shape, your keyboard is centered in front of you. If you plan to work for a long period of time on one monitor, you might consider centering that monitor in front of you.

Or you may physically turn your chair so that you're facing that monitor. You will need to adjust your keyboard and mouse to the new position also. If you have a keyboard tray that has the adjustability to turn, this is a simple solution. However, if you are working on a desktop or keyboard tray that doesn't turn Remember to keep your posture aligned, no twisting of your back or neck. And in this new position, be mindful to not add pressure on your wrists and forearms by resting them on sharp or hard edges. If one monitor is used as your primary, and the other as your secondary, follow step four for height position of both monitors and step five for the distance of the primary monitor.

Center the primary monitor the one being used the most right in front of you. Place the secondary monitor right next to the primary monitor on the dominant eye side. Adjust the monitor height so that it is that the same as the primary monitor. Next, move the secondary monitor at a 30 degree angle to the primary. The keyboard is centered in front of you And the primary monitor. To find out which eye is dominant do the following.

Find a small tube like toilet paper roll paper towel roll, or just roll up a piece of paper. Pick a light switch on the wall or some small object about 20 feet away from you. With your arm fully extended in front of you and both eyes open. Look through the tube at the light switch or object with your other hand to cover one eye, and then the other. You should see the object disappear when one of your eyes is covered. When you can see the object that eye is the dominant eye