Extended desktop - choosing location of menu bar?

Is there a way to make the menu bar -- for Finder and (especially) apps -- appear on the "second monitor" instead of the built-in monitor of my new iMac? If not in Tiger, is this possible with Leopard?
Why? I'll want to use the built-in for TV/video and the second for text-work, but text-work is very difficult with the menu bars of an app on the other monitor!

I feel foolish because I've used the "arrangement" preference, but (oops) I just didn't notice where it says "to relocate the menu bar, drag it to a different display." Duh. (and even without reading, the way it works is very Mac-ish and intuitive, even without instructions) Well, thanks for pointing it out. Craig
P.S. There are other problems -- like when using "full screen" in EyeTV sometimes (depending on what is open) everything on the second desktop goes black and the dock doesn't work, and the only way to recover control is with "F11, click on the desktop, F11" and then things are OK -- but overall the dual monitors work well.

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