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I cannot for the life of me figure out how to rotate downloaded PDF files in Adobe Reader Touch or Edge or any other viewer. The default setting opens the downloaded PDF in Edge (with the directory directed to my c drive -> downloads).
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If a client emailed you a PDF with a combination of pages in portrait and landscape mode, some pages may display at a 90-degree angle. Adobe Reader lets you rotate the view so you can easily read this business document. Reader’s menu commands and keyboard shortcuts include clockwise and counter-clockwise options to help display the content the way you want to see it on the screen.
1.Install Adobe Reader if it is not already installed on your computer (link in Resources).
3.Click the “View” menu, point to “Rotate View” and then click “Clockwise” or “Counterclockwise” to rotate the document 90 degrees.
4.Repeat the previous step to rotate another 90 degrees, if necessary.
Tips
- To apply keyboard shortcuts, click in the document and then press “Ctrl-Shift-Plus” simultaneously to rotate clockwise or “Ctrl-Shift-Minus” to rotate counter-clockwise.
- Right-click in the document and then click “Rotate Clockwise” to rotate in 90-degree increments.
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Hatashita-Lee, Kathryn. 'How to Rotate the Text on a PDF File.' Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/rotate-text-pdf-file-55402.html. Accessed 07 September 2019.
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A client recently sent me a pdf that they wanted to open in landscape orientation. The problem was that when the pdf was made, whoever made it saved it in a portrait orientation which required viewers to first rotate the page counter-clockwise before being able to read the diagrams.
2 Steps total
Step 1: Not the Solution: Using the “View” Drop-down Menu
On would intuitively think that if you opened the pdf in Adobe Acrobat and then selected View -> Rotate View -> Counterclockwise and saved the document it would fix the problem. But when you next open that document, you will find that the rotate view was not saved and the PDF still opens in the unwanted portrait orientation. The View -> Rotate View method accessed from the “View” dropdown menu is used for temporary changes to the document and will not be saved.
Step 2: Solution: Use the “Pages” Tab or “Shift + Ctrl + R” to Rotate and Save Your PDF in a New Orientation
If you want to change the orientation of your PDF page and have that choice saved so that it opens in the new orientation when you next open the document, you will want to use the “Pages” tab.
Open your document in Adobe Acrobat (not Acrobat Reader)
Click on the “Pages” tab on left side of the page
Right-click on the thumbnail image of the page you want to rotate. You will have the default choice to rotate the selection or you can choose a range of pages to rotate.
Save your changes
The shortcut method of doing this is to hit Shift + Ctrl + R, which will pull up the rotate pages dialog box.
Click on the “Pages” tab on left side of the page
Right-click on the thumbnail image of the page you want to rotate. You will have the default choice to rotate the selection or you can choose a range of pages to rotate.
Save your changes
The shortcut method of doing this is to hit Shift + Ctrl + R, which will pull up the rotate pages dialog box.
The Pages -> Rotate View method accessed from the “Pages” tab or Shift + Ctrl + R keystroke is used for permanent changes to the document and will be saved as part of the document settings, assuming you save your changes using File -> Save (Ctrl + S) command.
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