[DM-MUG] Is there a way to hold opened things in the centre of display?

[Jim Lagnese]

I know

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On Thursday, October 02, 2003, at 11:08PM, Jon Thompson <jon@mac-consultant=
.com> wrote:

>So change the key commands.  They are in the expos=E9 system preference
>On Oct 2, 2003, at 7:16 PM, jim Lagnese wrote:
>
>> If it's what I think you want to do, you will have it when 10.3, AKA
>> Panther, comes out. It's called Expos=E9 and it's part of the OS. I=20
>> sometimes
>> use it to keep things organised, but I find it quite a pain at times=20
>> when I
>> hit the F keys by accident because of my ham fisted typing.
>> Jim Lagnese
>>
>>> From: "Victoria L. Herring" <Victoria@HerringLaw.com>
>>> Reply-To: dmmug@dmmug.org
>>> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 07:50:13 -0500
>>> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
>>> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Is there a way to hold opened things in the=20
>>> center of
>>> display?
>>>
>>> I'm going to try to see if Finder Management Window works =3D=3D Eudora
>>> is solved by starting its Esoteric Settings so that's a help.  But i
>>> see the same issue in Appleworks (new doc) and Word, so assume it is
>>> a general, across the board issue.  I'll report back on FMW -=3D- it's
>>> $10 shareware but if it helps me ergonomicly (sp?) that's great.
>>>
>>>> Victoria...  are you talking about "Finder" windows?  or multi app
>>>> windows?  I can write you a stay-open script to examine every
>>>> "Finder" window... then set the frontmost window to center based on
>>>> your monitor resolution..
>>>>
>>>> what resolution are you running?
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 1, 2003, at 11:00 PM, Tony LaFemina wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In OSX, is there a way to get windows to open up in center of
>>>>>> display (I have the Cinema Display) and not always end up going to
>>>>>> the Left side of the screen???  I don't mind placing things there,
>>>>>> but prefer to have things open dead center if possible.  It's an
>>>>>> ergonomic issue for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Victoria
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have OS X and I don't know what a Cinema Display is, but
>>>>> software programs usually open in what the developer perceives as
>>>>> being center screen. If the program makes documents, then new
>>>>> documents also usually open center screen. But, if you make any
>>>>> changes, the document records them and opens the same way it was
>>>>> previously closed. If you want documents to always open center
>>>>> screen, then I believe you have two choices. Don't move a new
>>>>> document, or manually place it in the center of the screen before
>>>>> closing it. If the Cinema Display has a different setup than
>>>>> regular??? screens, you may have no choice but to manually place
>>>>> it, then close it. It should then open where you placed it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tony LaFemina
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