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HERE’S HOW 5 WINDOWS DISPLAY TRICKS
This will make light tones dark and vice
versa, so you can write on a black
background in programs like Word.
The aforementioned F.lux (go.pcworld.
com/flux) also has its own grayscale mode,
which you can toggle by pressing Windows-
End. By using this in tandem with the
Windows color filters above, you can have
one keyboard shortcut for standard
grayscale (Windows-End via F.lux) and a
second shortcut for grayscale inverted mode
(Windows-Ctrl-C via Windows color filters).
4. DIM ONE OR MORE
MONITORS WITH EASE
Multi-monitor setups are great for
referencing several apps at the same
time—until you spend too much time
staring at your off-center screens and
PangoBright can dim the brightness of secondary
monitors so you don’t stare at them too much.
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wind up straining your neck. With the free
PangoBright (go.pcworld.com/pngo)
app, you can dial down the brightness of
individual monitors straight from the
system tray, thereby keeping the focus on
your main screen. Try setting your
secondary monitors to 50-percent or
60-percent brightness and see if it makes
a difference.
If you’re already using the popular
multi-monitor utility DisplayFusion (go.
pcworld.com/dsfs), you can set up
something similar without installing more
software. Open DisplayFusion settings,
head to the Functions menu, click Scripted
Function, then choose Download Scripted
Function. Select Dim All Monitors Except
Primary from the list, then click Download
Function. Create a keyboard shortcut with
the Edit button in the top-right
corner, then click OK.
5. AUTO-DISABLE YOUR
SECOND MONITOR FOR
CERTAIN APPS
This last trick might be overkill, but if
you have a multi-monitor setup, you can
create a batch file to shut down
secondary monitors automatically when
you launch specific apps. This can be
useful when you want to concentrate
on writing or playing games without
extra screens in your peripheral vision.
While you could accomplish the same