The standard orientation of our computer screens is generally horizontal (also known as landscape) but monitors placed in portrait mode (where height becomes greater than the width) can be pretty useful for performing tasks that require lot of scrolling (like reading lengthy web pages).
Windows 7 includes a new option under Display Settings that can help you flip the screen from portrait to landscape mode (and vice-versa) without requiring additional software.
This may come very handy if you are using a dual monitor setup with Windows 7 where you want one screen in the default horizontal mode and other one in vertical mode for reading content.
You’ll still have to manually rotate the other monitor by 90° (as in this screenshot) but that’s a one time task. Hat tip Marcus.
Related: LCD Screens for Multitasking
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/rotate-monitor-in-windows-7/8972/
Reader Comments
I notice that my external monitor has become a seperate screen. Some items open on this other screen at random and the mouse gets onto the otherscreen. Getting the mouse back requires pulling it off screen at the right and then down and to the left.
I have beeen unable to find any help on how to do this and just had to experiment. Any help on this please. ken Knight
Written by Ken Knight on 06.05.09
Isn’t it the same thing we do by “Enable Monitor Rotation” by Intel Graphics Driver Display settings.I assume you have an Intel Mobo.Once you enable rotation,display can be simply rotated by hotkeys.
Written by vbb on 06.08.09