I'm considering setting up an extra monitor on my office computer. I have to read PDF files while writing Word documents about the records on the PDFs, and I have to switch back and forth from that sort of work to our agency's case management software. Also, am doing web research throughout the day (and some off-task "research", naturally). I think especially in working with the Word docs and PDF files I can get a lot of benefit out of the set up.

I read an article on Lifehacker that described how to do it, and described it as easy in Windows 7. However, it was recommended to use two monitors of the same size. I was hoping to get a larger monitor for my new one, simply because they are cheap nowadays. I can get a 23" for what I paid for a 20" two years ago.

So my question is: how much more of a hassle is it if the monitors are different sizes? The article I read said that the problem arises with the mouse cursor not tracking correctly across two differently sized monitors. What do y'all think?

Thanks

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