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Being able to switch your computer's screen orientation from landscape to portrait is a handy feature--especially if you have an external monitor that can be physically rotated. Changing your screen orientation can make life easier for reviewing and editing documents or to see a portrait-oriented image, full screen. On a laptop, the display can't be physically rotated without taking its attached keyboard along with it. If that's ok by you, here's the software trick that allows you to do it.
What You Need:
Time Needed
Two minutes
Difficulty
Easy
The option to change your Windows 10 laptop's display orientation can be found under 'Display Settings'.
There are two ways to change the screen orientation on a Windows laptop. These will both work for any supported version of Windows.
The quickest and easiest way is by using a keyboard shortcut, but its ability to work is dependent on your video card.
Hold down the Option and Command keys to access the display rotation drop-down menu.
The option to rotate your screen on a MacBook is hidden and requires some know-how to find.
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