How to Rotate Pages in a PDF Document Using Adobe Acrobat

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Adobe Acrobat has many cool features and functions, including the ability to rotate pages of a PDF document. It just takes a few clicks, and is available in all the latest versions of Acrobat using the steps below.

From the Tools menu, select Pages, and then Rotate.
From the Options menu in the Page Thumbnails panel of the navigation pane, choose Rotate Pages.

Set direction of rotation. Select the amount and direction of the rotations: Counterclockwise 90 Degrees, Clockwise 90 Degrees, or 180 Degrees.

Specify page range. For Pages, set whether you want all pages, a selection of pages, or a range of pages to rotate.

Note: these settings are important to enable rotation of any page in the document, independent of its page number or orientation. For example, if you have selected Portrait Pages from the second Rotate list, and if the selected page is a landscape page, the selected page will not be rotated.

Click OK.The selected pages are rotated in the specified direction. Advertisement Method 1 of 2:

Thru Keyboard Shortcuts

Hold Ctrl + ⇧ Shift and press - to rotate page to the left until the page has the correct orientation.

Hold Ctrl + ⇧ Shift and press + to rotate page to the right until the page has the correct orientation.

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With PDF Shaper Professional

Select Rotate Pages

Select Add to add the file

Select Options to mark what pages do you want to rotate Advertisement

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To temporarily change your view of the page, choose View > Rotate View > Clockwise or Counterclockwise. The original page orientation is restored the next time you open the PDF.

Realize that with keyboard shortcuts, the orientation will switch in only 90 degree units. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published Please provide your name and last initial Thanks for submitting a tip for review!