Screen Orientation – How to change it in Windows 8

Change Screen Orientation of Display in Screen Resolution Settings

2. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, click/tap on Screen resolution, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)

3. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Display icon.

4. Select a display (ex: monitor) that you want to change the screen orientation of. (see screenshots below step 5)
NOTE: If needed, you can click/tap on the Identify button to have the display number briefly appear on each display to help know which one to select.

5. Click/tap on the Orientation drop down menu, and select the orientation mode you want, and click/tap on Apply. (see screenshots below)

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If this is a tablet, then you could also check or uncheck the Allow the screen to auto-rotate box to turn on or off screen autorotation.

6. If the selected screen orientation looks good to you, then click/tap on Keep changes. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If not, then you could either click/tap on Revert or wait 15 seconds to undo the screen orientation change to go back to what the screen orientation was prior to changing it.

7. If you like, repeat steps 4 to 6 for any other display you wish to change the screen orientation of. 

8. When finished, click/tap on OK in the Screen Resolution window to close it. (see screenshots below step 5)