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[Closed] How do I turn my screen sideways?

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Windows XP.

I need to turn the displayed image through 90 degrees so I can take a screenshot of something in portrait rather than landscape, if that makes sense.

I know there is a key combination but I can't remember it.

Cheers,
SC


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:28 pm
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"ALt GR" (to the right of the space bar) and one of the cursor arrow keys to represent where the "bottom" should be - i.e. if you press the up arrow keym your screen wil be upside down

edit: assuming it's enabled on your pc, it isn;t on all


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:30 pm
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It's all dependent upon your graphics card & driver.


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:31 pm
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Cheers nbt - doesn't seem to be enabled on here. Any idea how I do that?


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:32 pm
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It's all dependent upon your graphics card & driver.

Ah. Looks like I'll need to fanny around with Photaeshop instead.

Cheers.


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:33 pm
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Dare i suggest that you take the screenshot then rotate it in windows pic viewer? 😉


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:41 pm
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Other than blingblings idea, you need to use the control panel for you graphics card. Usually they install a shortcut as an icon by the clock, or it should be in the xp control panel, if it's been installed.


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:45 pm
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Dare i suggest that you take the screenshot then rotate it in windows pic viewer?

I'm trying to take a screenshot from MemoryMap, but the route is more "North-South" than "East-West" so I can't fit it all on the screen at once - if that makes sense. Turning the screen image through 90 deg. might help me get the whole thing to be visible without having to zoom out too far, then I could rotate it in Photoshop easily.

However, I've bodged a solution for how. Thanks anyway guys!


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:53 pm
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Pick the screen up, turn it sideways...


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:54 pm
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Pick the screen up, turn it sideways...

Why over-complicate things Captain?

If everyone turn their heads through 90 degrees, it would save me the bother.


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:58 pm
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Just up the screen resolution in control panel so everything looks smaller then it will fit on screen and you can then do what I said above.


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 6:59 pm
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Just up the screen resolution in control panel so everything looks smaller then it will fit on screen and you can then do what I said above.

Already at the maximum, I'm afraid (primitive graphics card!)

It's all sorted anyway (see [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/stw-scotland-shiftworkers-and-skivers-ride-next-week?replies=14#post-768795 ]here[/url])


 
Posted : 16/10/2009 7:02 pm

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