Switch secondary monitor

i got a new (to me) ati radeon 9800 graphics video card to speed up my G5 dual 2GHz running 10.4.11. so my main 20" apple display would only fit into the second connector, because the first connector was an ADC connector. so i bought a used 17" apply display with an ADC connector and it works fine. but only as my primary monitor and i want to use it as a secondary monitor. how do i swith the order of which monitor is primary. i am trying to find it in the ati docs, or the apple preferences and i don't see how anywhere

thanks i did try both things. when i used the system preferences to rearrange the monitors, all it did was make it necessary for me to move the mouse to the left side to access the monitor on the right.
You were moving the entire display. Just drag the menu bar at the top of the picture of the display.
My old monitor (a 14" pc monitor) was not a dvi monitor, so the adapters, were not to be found,
ADC to VGA adapters have become scare (and expensive), but you can use the ADCT to DVI adapter for your DVI display, then use a DVI to VGA adapter on the computer's DVI port for the VGA display.

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