Using an external display with Powerbook G4

I have a Powerbook G4 15" (1.25GHz powerpc G4). I would like to purchase an Apple external display to use with it.I have two questions please:
a) Is this Powerbook compatible with both the 20-inch Apple Cinema Display AND the 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display? It is unclear from the Apple website whether it only works with the 20" screen.
b) would I be able to physically shut the Powerbook (whilst keeping it on) whilst using it with the external display (and an external keyboard) or would I need to keep the Powerbook open to prevent it from going into sleep mode? I'd like to be able to shut it so it doesn't take up desk space but continue to work on it.
Thanks for any help
Mark

You ended in the 17" PowerBook forums but your question should get the same answer here as in the 15" forums. I'll take "b".
Here are two Apple articles on using the G4PB with the lid closed. It's slightly different between USB and BlueTooth keyboards, so they get separate articles
With BlueTooth keyboard/mouse
With USB keyboard/mouse
I've not used an external monitor on my G4PB so I'll let someone else talk about that.

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