Desktop on computer

[dmckinley]

I was typing a document and after closing the document I noticed my desktop is now on a portrait mode and no longer landscape. How do I change my desktop back to a landscape mode??? Thanks so much.

[gobbledegeek]

What do you mean by 'desktop'?
Desktop normally refers to the main Windows screen that holds all your icons and on which you can see your background picture. I can't see how the desktop could change from landscape to portrait; it doesn't really have a mode like that. Do you mean the page orientation within your word program?

[puzzlesRus]

Do you not mean your quick launch toolbar ? If so, just click and hold the left mouse button on the lines by the START then drag it around the screen to the position you prefer.

[dmckinley]

No I actually mean my desktop, windows screen that holds all of my icons just as you described. When I am looking at my computer as it is sitting on my desk, my entire screen is in a portrait mode. My quick launch toolbar is now at the far left side but in portrait, my icons are at what would be the top of my screen panning right in a portrait mode, and my picture is in a portrait mode. I have gotten on Windows help, ask a computer guy and so far no one can figure it out. It is very strange.

[gobbledegeek]

Could it be your monitor? Does it have a reset or auto-size button, or via an on-screen menu?

[dmckinley]

I am not sure. It is a dell laptop. Do you have an idea where the reset or autosize button would be located? If not I can perhaps get on a dell helpsite via the internet and search for it. I find it a waste of time calling the help desk because it seems like they are reading from a manuscript. :)