When taking a photograph, we must take into account how many objects / people and context we want to capture, to choose whether we want to capture horizontally or vertically. However, a lot of people record videos vertically, despite the limits they offer us.
Fortunately for these users, we have the ability to rotate screen on computers with Windows 10, a relatively simple process, and that should be accompanied by physically rotating the monitor to be able to enjoy the vertical video in full screen ...
Rotating the screen on computers is not designed precisely for this type of people, since it is a function that has been available in Windows for several versions and is designed for those who have the need to take advantage of the width of the monitor vertically in order to show more information, such as writers, programmers, developers ...
This Windows functionality is also used by stores, mainly clothing stores, to display collections, as it allows them to show full figures of people, preventing the background from distracting the attention of potential clients.
Rotating the screen in Windows 10 is a process that we can do in different ways in Windows 10, either directly through the system or by using third-party applications.
Rotate the screen with keyboard shortcuts
The fastest and easiest method to rotate the screen of our equipment is via keyboard shortcuts. It is likely that you have come to this article because, without realizing it, you have used the key combination that allows you to rotate the screen, something more common than it may seem at first.
- Rotate the screen 180 degrees: Alt + Ctrl + up arrow.
- Rotate the screen to the right: Alt + Ctrl + right arrow.
- Rotate the screen to the left: Alt + Ctrl + left arrow.
- Rotate the screen to the native position: Alt + Ctrl + down arrow.
Keyboard shortcuts is the fastest option if you usually have the need to rotate the screen of your computer, but it is not the easiest to remember, especially if you are not used to using keyboard shortcuts.
Rotate the screen from the graphics card options
Although our equipment is basic, the card integrates a graphics card, a graphics card that installs their respective drivers to function correctly both on our equipment and on our monitor. The graphic card application icon is located next to the time and date, and allows us to quickly change orientation from the screen in Windows 10.
To change the orientation of the screen in Windows 10, we have to click on the right button of the graphic card icon, in my case it is from Intel, press the Graphics options y Rotation. Finally, we have to select the rotation angle of the screen.
If you do not see the icon of your computer's graphic, you can directly access the application, click on Screen and in Rotation, set the number of degrees you want to rotate the screen.
Rotate the screen from Windows 10 settings
This is the easiest method to find to rotate the screen of our equipment. The option that allows us to rotate the screen of our computer managed by Windows 10 is found within the options of setting (Windows key + i)> System> Display.
Inside the section Scale and distribution, we find the sub-section Screen orientation. To rotate the screen, click on the drop-down box and select the type of rotation that we want to set.
Rotate the screen with iRotate
If you like to install third-party applications for perform actions that are natively available, you can make use of the iRotate application, a free application that we can download from this link and that allows us to change the orientation of the screen according to our needs and / or tastes. This application if you place in the toolbar next to the time and date.
iRotate is compatible with
- Windows 98
- Windows millennium
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows 8.x
- Windows 10
In order to use this application, it is necessary, yes or yes, have the latest drivers installed of the graph of our equipment, either a graph integrated in the motherboard or the one that we have connected to our equipment.
Aspects to consider
All these methods to rotate the screen they are compatible with each other. That is, if we rotate the screen through a keyboard shortcut, we can return it to its original orientation through a keyboard shortcut, through the graphics card application, with the Windows configuration options or with third-party applications.
From Technology Guides we always recommend, avoid installing third-party applications to perform actions that are natively available in the system. The possibility of rotating the screen in Windows 10 is an option included natively, and we have 3 methods natively to be able to do it without having to install any third-party application.