Spaces and an external display

I've had a search around and i can't find a way of doing this, maybe someone else has worked it out....
I have a shiny new external display and i'd like to assign a particular space to it - is this possible? otherwise all i end up with is a duplicate of what i have on my MB Pro screen or I have to disable spaces.
any clues fellow mac fans?

This is what I found works for me. Some programs work fine for this method others don't. I first go in and set all the apps in spaces preferences to the corresponding space they belong to. This gets them to the basic location I want. I usually use two apps together on the two screens such as Bridge and photoshop. Open the application you want to use on the external monitor. It should open on the correct space assigned to it initially.
Now you choose the spaces icon on the dock. This brings up all your spaces with the corresponding external monitor space next to it. Drag the application from the internal space screen to the external space screen. Now choose the app you just moved. This will take you to the correct space and app window. Close the app. When you open the app again it should open with its window in the external monitor. The applications menu bar stays on the main monitor but the window is where you placed it.
As I said this works for most apps but not all. You will find out which ones don't quickly. Then just open them and once you get to the app window drag it over to your external display.
I usually start all my apps I will be working on and arrange them like I want fixing the ones that don't start on the correct display. Then it is easy to change spaces and have my work area ready to go.
One thing I discovered in Pages is if I close a file that is displayed on the external monitor the same file when opened again will show up on that monitor. Comes in handy if you work on multiple documents. You just save the file on the window you want it to appear in the next time you need it.

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