Rotate and Save PDF Pages: Easy Guide
17 July 2023 Senior Program Developer
Summary
Learn how to easily rotate and save the direction of PDF files to ensure they display correctly every time they are opened.
Sometimes the PDF files we download from the Internet are in an upside-down state, the page orientation inside is wrong or the direction of some specific graphics in the PDF is upside-down, which will cause problems when using these PDF files (especially work) A lot of inconvenience. In order to make the PDF file meet the visual and reading requirements, we need to rotate the PDF page to the normal orientation.
To rotate PDF pages, you can do so in some PDF readers, such as Adobe Reader or a web browser. However, this method cannot help you rotate the PDF permanently, when you close and reopen the document, the PDF page orientation will still be upside down. Of course, if you just need to rotate all the pages of a PDF file at once, a web browser is one of the easiest ways. Also, through a web browser, you can’t just rotate one of the pages of a PDF.
If you want to rotate PDF pages and save them, the four methods described below can help you, and you can choose according to the actual situation.
Renee PDF Aide It is a multi-functional software that integrates PDF file editing and format conversion. This software can provide a variety of PDF editing functions, such as splitting/deleting multi-page files, repairing damaged files, optimizing the loading time of large files, combining multiple specified pages into one PDF file, adjusting the display angle of the file, etc., and can also encrypt /decrypt PDF file,Add multi-form watermarks to proprietary files . If you find that the angle display is incorrect after opening the PDF file, you can use Renee PDF Aide to rotate the page. In this software, you can freely adjust the display angle of PDF files, such as 90°, 180°, 270°.
In addition to editing functions, Renee PDF Aide also provides PDF format conversion function, you can convert PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint,EPUB , Text, HTML, Image and other formats. The conversion speed of this software can be as high as 80 pages per minute, and it supports batch conversion of files. It is worth mentioning that this software also provides advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology, which can convert scanned PDF files or pictures into editable text format.
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① Install and open Renee PDF Aide, click (PDF toolset).
② Select (Rotate) > (Add File) to import the PDF file.
② Set the angle to be rotated in “Angle of rotation (clockwise)” or select 90, 180 or 270 degrees in “Quick selection angle”.
③ Finally, click (Convert) to export the rotated PDF file.
Adobe Acrobat DC is one of Adobe’s first PDF applications, this software can help you view, create, edit, manage and print PDF files. Adobe Acrobat DC software provides a variety of PDF editing tools, such as rotating PDF pages, merging files, organizing pages, annotating, filling and signing, etc. When rotating pages, you can choose to rotate all or specific pages by 90° clockwise or counterclockwise. It should be noted that this software is not free, and the purchase price of Adobe Acrobat DC software will be slightly higher than other PDF editing software.
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat DC software, and then select (Tools) > (Organize Pages), or select (Organize Pages) from the right window. This will display the Organize Pages toolset in the secondary toolbar.
② In the secondary toolbar, specify the range of pages to apply the rotation to. You can select Even Pages, Odd Pages, Landscape Pages, Portrait Pages, or All Pages, or you can enter the page numbers you want the action to be performed on. After specifying the page range, you can choose 90 degrees counterclockwise or 90 degrees clockwise. Additionally, you can click on the thumbnails of individual pages to apply page rotation to specific pages. Finally, click (File) > (Save) to save the rotated PDF file.
tipsIf you need to temporarily change the page view, choose (View) > (Rotate View) > (Clockwise) or (Counterclockwise). The original page orientation is restored the next time you open the PDF.
Preview is a picture and PDF viewing and editing software built into Mac computers, allowing you to perform a variety of basic editing operations without downloading additional software. You can open a PDF file in Preview, and then rotate it, add, delete, and rearrange pages, or move pages from one PDF to another.
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① Right-click the PDF to open. Click (Open With) and choose (Preview).
② Please perform the following operations to rotate:
- To rotate a page: Click (rotate left button) to rotate the PDF page to the left (counterclockwise), keep clicking to continue rotating. To rotate the page to the right (clockwise), hold down the (Option) key (the (rotate left button) will change to a (rotate right button)), and click the (rotate right button) until Complete page rotation.
- To rotate several pages at the same time: Click (View) > (Thumbnails) or (View) > (Thumbnails List), select the pages you want to rotate, and then click (rotate left button) to rotate the PDF to the left (counterclockwise) page. To rotate the selected pages to the right (clockwise), hold down the (Option) key and click (the Rotate Right button) until the pages are rotated.
③ Finally, if you want to save the changes, click (File) > (Save).
PDFsam Basic is an efficient PDF management software for Windows computers. This open source software can help you edit PDF documents simply and quickly. The software can rotate a certain page independently, and can continue operations such as compression and splitting after rotation. However, there are not many tools provided by PDFsam Basic for free, only a few tools can be used for free, and some advanced tools need to be paid to use. You can split, merge, rotate, blend PDF and extract pages from PDF files with PDFsam Basic, the editing tools are free to use and without watermarks.
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① Install and open PDFsam Basic software, select (Rotate).
② Drag and drop the PDF file you want to rotate, or click (Add) to import the PDF file you want to convert. Then under (Rotate settings), you can set the PDF pages to be rotated, you can choose to rotate all pages or even pages, odd pages, and the rotation angle. After the setup is complete, please choose the save location of the PDF file and the name of the custom file. Finally, click (Run) to start rotating the file.
Comparison between the four software:
| Renee PDF Aide | Adobe Acrobat DC | Mac preview | PDFsam Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| compatibility | Windows | Windows, Mac | Mac | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| easy to use | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| safety | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| cost | free trial | Acrobat Standard DC: $155.88/year Acrobat Pro DC: $179.88/year | free | free |
| edit function | Convert, compress, split, merge, delete, rotate and add watermark to PDF, and encrypt and decrypt PDF, etc. | Add, delete and modify PDF text and images, PDF page management, etc. | Crop, rotate, merge, compress PDFs, add annotations, add/delete/move PDF pages, etc. | Split, merge, extract pages, blend and rotate, no advanced features. |
In addition to rotating pages through the PDF editing software introduced above, you can also use online PDF editing tools to rotate pages. The advantage of the online PDF editing tool is that it can be used directly without downloading software, but the disadvantage is that the speed of uploading or downloading files is relatively slow, and the editing functions will be relatively small.
PDFREAL is a relatively simple and easy-to-use PDF editor that can easily rotate PDF pages by 90 degrees. When rotating a PDF, you can specify a page range and only rotate specific pages. In addition to rotating PDF pages, you can also perform editing operations such as merging, splitting, compressing PDF, and encrypting/decrypting PDF.
PDFREAL online rotation link: https://pdfreal.com/rotate-pdf
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① Open the link on the web page, click (select file) to upload the PDF file to be converted.
② Then select the angle to rotate, optional (90° clockwise) (90 degrees clockwise), (180° clockwise) (180 degrees clockwise) or (90° counterclockwise) (90 degrees counterclockwise). You can choose to rotate specific pages if desired. After confirmation, click (Rotate) to rotate the PDF file and download it.
You can use DeftPDF Rotate Tool to rotate all PDF pages, or odd/even pages or even specific pages. The operation of rotating with this tool is relatively simple, even for novice users.
DeftPDF online rotation link: https://deftpdf.com/zh/rotate-pdf-pages
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① After opening the DeftPDF online rotation link in the browser, click (UPLOAD PDF FILE) to upload the PDF file from the computer. Alternatively, you can upload files from Dropbox, Google Drive, or the website where the files are located. You just need to expand the drop-down menu of “UPLOAD PDF FILE” and choose the way to import the file.
② After the file is uploaded, you can choose the page to be rotated, and the direction and angle to be rotated. Finally, click (Apply Changes) to complete the rotation.
If you want to rotate PDF files without downloading software, then you can consider using PDFChef. This is a free web-based PDF tool that lets you rotate files right in your browser. PDFChef can not only rotate entire PDFs, but also individual pages within a PDF document. Rotate 90° left, right with just a few clicks.
PDFChef online rotation link: https://pdfchef.com/rotate-pdf.html
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① After opening the PDFChef online rotation link in the browser, click (Choose Files) to upload the PDF file.
② After the file is uploaded, you can preview all the pages in the PDF document, and you can select all pages or a single page to rotate. After selecting, please click (Rotate left) or (Rotate right). Finally, click (Save and download) to download the rotated PDF file.
In addition to the editing needs of PDF page rotation, if you have other PDF editing needs, you can edit documents through Renee PDF Aide. The commonly used operations are not only PDF rotation, but also splitting, merging, rotating, adding watermark, encrypting/decrypting PDF, etc. The following will introduce how to operate through the most simple and easy-to-use PDF editing software – Renee PDF Aide.
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Free TrialFree TrialNow 800 people have obtained the free version!1. Split PDF files
Splitting a PDF file is to split a multi-page PDF into multiple small PDF files according to requirements; or to remove redundant pages and only split out specified pages. If your PDF file is too large or has unwanted content, you can split it. With Renee PDF Aide Converter software, you don’t need to convert it to other editable file formats and then split it.
Split mode:
- split into multiple smaller files
- Keep specified pages (remove unneeded ones)
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① After opening the software, click (PDF Toolset).
② Click (Split) > (Add File) to import the PDF file.
③ Then, select one of the split modes. There are two split modes: split into multiple smaller files, retain specified pages (remove unnecessary).
④ Finally, click (Convert) to export the file.
2. Merge PDF files
Merge PDF files, as the name suggests, is to merge multiple PDF files into one PDF. Before merging, you can choose to specify pages to be merged or to merge all pages directly.
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① After opening the software, click (PDF Toolset) > (Merge) > (Add File) to import the PDF file.
② In the drop-down box on the right of “Pages to Merge”, select “All” or “Use Generator”. After clicking “Use Generator”, you can manually select the pages to merge, or use the various automatic merge options provided by the software.
③ Finally, click (Convert) to export the file.
3. Add watermark to PDF
In order to protect the PDF file from being stolen and used by others, and to protect the ownership of the file, you can add a personal watermark to the PDF. In Renee PDF Aide, you can add foreground watermark/background watermark to PDF files. Watermarks can choose images and PDF files.
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① After opening the software, click (PDF Toolset) > (Watermark) > (Add File) to import the PDF file.
② You can choose (Add watermark (cover surface)) or (Add background), and then choose (Watermark file) and (Location information).
③ Finally click (convert).
4. Image to PDF
The “Image to PDF” function in the software refers to converting multiple or single images into one or more PDF files.
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① Open Renee PDF Aide, click (PDF Toolset) > (Add File), and add the image to be converted. The image formats supported by the software are: BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF and TIFF.
② Click (Image to PDF), please choose (Merge into one file) or (One image, one PDF file).
Description of image conversion settings:
- Merge into one file: Generate all the added pictures into one PDF file, and generate one page of PDF for one picture.
- One image and one PDF file: Generate PDF files for all added images, and generate a PDF file for each image.
③ After completing the output settings, click (Convert) to export.
5. Optimize PDF files
Sometimes when you encounter a large PDF file, it will take a relatively long time to open the file. To save time, you can use the “Optimize” function to compress large PDF files so that they can be opened quickly.
The specific operation steps are as follows:
① After opening the software, click (PDF Toolset) > (Optimize) > (Add File) to import the PDF file.
② Select optimization options:
- Online page loading speed (linearize): This optimization is suitable for webpage PDFs, and the loading will be smoother after optimization.
- Compress Images: Compress images in PDF files.
- Compress data stream: Compress PDF file data stream. (PDF file capacity becomes smaller)
③ Finally click (convert).
6. Encrypt/decrypt PDF files
In the encrypted PDF file option, you can add password protection to the file to ensure that it will not be directly opened and modified by a third party without permission. In Renee PDF Aide, you can set the relevant editing and printing permissions of the encrypted PDF file, such as whether to allow printing, modification, text and image extraction, annotation, form filling and signature. If you forget the password of the PDF file, you can quickly decrypt it by clicking the “Decrypt PDF File” option.
Steps to encrypt PDF:
① After opening the software, click (PDF Toolset) > (Encryption & Decryption) > (Add File) to import the PDF file.
② Select (encrypt PDF file). Then please enter the encryption password and set the editing and printing permissions of the file.
③ Finally click (Convert) to export PDF.
Steps to decrypt PDF:
① Select (Decrypt PDF file).
② Click (Modify), and enter a possible password in the pop-up window. NOTE: Please keep one password per line.
③ Finally, click (Convert) to export PDF.
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