My 2012 MacBook Pro (11 inch display) is having some display issues

The display is cut off about an inch on each side of the screen and is just black. Nothing is cut off, everything just got smaller, even when i make safari full screen, ir doesn't go all the way, just as far as the rest of the display goes... I'm wondering if i did something accidentally, some kind of key combination but i am really frustrated... Any ideas on how to fix this or what i may have done?

Go into "System Preferences", then click "Displays", and change your resolution to 1680 x 1050. All you have to do is click it, and it should change to that screen resolution. Hope this helps.

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