My ipad screen will no longer rotate

my ipad screen will no longer rotate.  How do I unlock this or do whatever needs to be done?

Have you got rotation lock on (is there a lock symbol at the top of the screen next to the battery indicator) ? If so, then depending on how you've got Settings > General > Use Side Switch To set, it can either be turned off via the switch on the right-hand side of teh iPad, or via the taskbar (double-click the home button, slide the taskbar to the right, and it's the icon far left) - the function that isn't set via the switch is set via the taskbar instead. More info on the side switch/taskbar http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085

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