portrait orientation

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The terms portrait and landscape refer to different orientations of the paper -- whether it is oriented vertically or horizontally. A page with portrait orientation, typical for letters, memos, and other text documents, is taller than it is wide.

Landscape - Portrait

Not all printers are capable of generating text in landscape mode. Orientation is also a characteristic of monitors. Portrait monitors are often called full-page monitors .

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