Is there a way to just sleep the display to sleep in 10.6 w/o system prefs?

I just got a 2009 24 inch iMac, running os 10.6.
Is there a way to just sleep the display to sleep in 10.6 without having to change the energy setting in system prefs?
I'm used to a separate display attached to a tower. I work as a photographer and I like to keep my monitor display on when I'm working so it is warmed up, but I want to turn off the display only when I'm not working.
I would like to keep the computer running since other computers on my network need to access it for files and backup, but I would like to just sleep the display.
There is a 3rd party widget named Display Sleep, but it doesn't seem to work with 10.6.
Any suggestions in how to sleep the display easily?

Hi Gregory
Go to: *System Preferences > Exposé and Spaces* > select the Exposé tab and setup an *Active Screen Corner* to *Put Display to Sleep*.
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/gosleepnow
http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/924
Dennis

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