Reply to: Windows upside down

[RichardCranium]

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[thunderlizard]

Doesn't work on either of my screens. Serves me right for being a video card cheapskate.

[milanbenes]

what about the keyboard,

if I turned my laptop 90 degrees it would certainly make typing a challenge

Milan.

[doodab]

Works on my primary screen but not the second.

[Mich the Tester]

Bean bag. Genius idea.

Old takeaway pizza box is more likely around here.

[Xenophon]

Fakker,

doesn't the monitor fall over or you have to sit it on it's side on a bean bag or something


Milan.

Bean bag. Genius idea.

[milanbenes]

Fakker,

doesn't the monitor fall over or you have to sit it on it's side on a bean bag or something


Milan.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

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Sorry, it didn't work on mine.

[TimberWolf]

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[TheFaQQer]

'A journalist I know has his monitor rotated 90 degrees so that he gets more on a screen that way.'



eh


Milan.

When writing a document, typically the pages are oriented in portrait format - that is, the longer side downwards and the shorter side across. Most screens are the opposite with a longer horizontal than vertical. By rotating the monitor 90 degrees, you then end up with a longer vertical than horizontal plane. By rotating the screen display programmatically to match the physical orientation of the screen, you are able to see more of a document on the screen without recourse to zooming out of the document to any large degree.

However, not all monitors support this rotation - trying to find a new 22" monitor which allowed the screen to be orientated thus was a struggle recently.

HTH.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Update: Colleague number 1, with her Masters degree in Informatics from Bologna University, was completely flummoxed and discombobulated. She’s used my laptop to make a helpdesk ticket now.

Shall I tell her?

You should have refused, and made her do the ticket on her own laptop.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

we've got a consultant from .Net here today I just tried it on his pc didn't

does it work on XP or Windows 7 ?

Milan.

XP SP2

I think if I worked on A4 docs and had a separate monitor, I'd rotate it too.

And no, you get back with Ctrl-Alt-Cursor Up.

[milanbenes]

'A journalist I know has his monitor rotated 90 degrees so that he gets more on a screen that way.'



eh


Milan.

[TheFaQQer]

we've got a consultant from .Net here today I just tried it on his pc didn't

does it work on XP or Windows 7 ?

Milan.

It works on both - but it's also dependent on graphics card and possibly the monitor type as well, IIRC.

A journalist I know has his monitor rotated 90 degrees so that he gets more on a screen that way.

[sasguru]

we've got a consultant from .Net here today I just tried it on his pc didn't

does it work on XP or Windows 7 ?

Milan.

Don't do it on your own PC, you won't be able to put it back.