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Dell Lattitude - Rotate screen

fwor
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I'm due to go and see a visually impaired "client" tomorrow to try to resolve some problems with his Dell laptop.

One of them is that he has accidentally rotated the screen display through 90 degrees - not a problem for him directly as he is totally blind, but if he wants his wife to read something on the screen they have to put the laptop on its side!

I can probably go into the Display section of Control Panel to fix it, but does anyone know a keystroke combination that will correct this?

Thanks!

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  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
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    It's probably [Ctrl]+[Alt] and one of the arrow keys...
  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    Ctrl + Alt + arrow keys. (Down I think resets to normal view).
  • Bongedone
    Bongedone Posts: 2,457 Forumite
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    ALTGR + Down arrow on some of the PC's at work.
  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 6,943 Forumite
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    Many thanks - I'll give both a try.
  • rdpro
    rdpro Posts: 607 Forumite
    hmm.. never knew you could rotate the view.. great for surfing the net without having to lift your head off the pillow!
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  • Belnahua
    Belnahua Posts: 1,493 Forumite
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    If you go into the advanced properties of the display, in control panel, there will be an option to disable rotate screen so it doesn't happen again.
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  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    To confirm what Bongedone said I have a Dell Lattitude 630 and it's Alt Gr + the arrow keys. However I think this is only for Nvidia graphics as my old Lattitude 600 had ATI graphics and it didn't work with that.
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  • rdpro
    rdpro Posts: 607 Forumite
    mine's a 620, will try it in a bit..
    IT Field Service Engineer, 20 years with screwdriver and hammer :)
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