Making secondary monitor - primary?

I have a secondary monitor along with my mbp. im wondering if i can still use the 2 displays but make my external display the primary one so that i can open Photoshop an the secondary and have the menus at the top...
any ideas would be great.
thanks
grant

I can use Display Arrangements to set my external monitor as my primary monitor, but then my mouse moves the opposite of the way it should (i.e. - to go from the monitor on the right to the monitor on the left, I have to move the mouse to the right). How do I get the mouse to work in the right direction?
Jim
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Attachments:
subvi.vi ‏15 KB

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