Useing With An External Display

Is there anyway that you can plug a macbook into a projector or monitor and close the screen. for example, watching a movie.
I have already bought the mini-DVI to VGA adapter works great but cant figure out out to close screen

As was recently pointed out by member Karn Broad, while in the Finder, click on the Help menu item and type "operate closed" in the search field and you will get information on how to do this.

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