90 Degree Rotation

I made the mistake of leaving my laptop open. Liam was attracted by the pretty picture on it (wallpaper), and wanted to type, so I opened up a Wordpad document for him to type in and in the 2 seconds it took me to turn around and put away a dishcloth I had in my hand, this is what he did to my laptop. He is 2.

Well! I had never actually seen that before, I didn't know it could be done. So instead of rotating those pesky photos, I could have rotated my whole screen? Who knew? I got a crick in my neck searching for help sideways. And I do mean search: display, settings, orientation, layout, rotate - no dice. I gave up. I won't admit to how long I spent on this fruitless endeavour before I sought a second opinion. (Restrain yourselves from laughing at me - I feel foolish enough as it is.)

Me to my husband: "Hi. Ummm do you know how to change your laptop layout from sideways?"

G: "What do you mean sideways?"

"I mean like you have to turn your head sideways to read the screen"

Laughing, "You mean the computer can do that?" Bad sign.

"Ok, nevermind, Liam did something on my laptop and the whole thing is now sideways." This is me thoroughly embarrassed that I couldn't figure it out and anxious to get off the phone before I heard more laughter or worse, my husband calling his co-workers over: "Guys! You know what my wife just..."

I eventually found it. Under graphics of all things. Maybe it is just me. Apparently there are shortcut keys that could rotate your whole screen. I tried looking for the combination again but couldn't find it since I am not 2. Alternatively, if you right-click on your desktop, you will see Graphics Options, Rotate. So if there is someone in your life you feel like doing a mischief to, and they are as ignorant as I am....

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