How to Rotate a PDF?

Part 1: How to Rotate a PDF?

How to rotate a PDF easily? We should draw support from the professional PDF editor. Next, we will introduce some PDF editors to you.

1. Use Renee PDF Aide

What is Renee PDF Aide?

Renee PDF Aide is the software that supports to edit PDF and convert PDF. With utilization of the advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology, it can convert PDF to Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Image/HTML/TXT and the other common formats. You can designate the specific pages to be converted at the speed of 80 pages/min. Besides, it can repair the damaged PDF files, compress PDF files to shorten the loading time, merge several files into one and rotate the file position. En/decryption and watermark are allowed to add for PDF files, too.

What’s more, Renee PDF Aide supports English/French/German/Spanish/Portuguese/Chinese/Korean/Japanese. Under the mode of OCR, it can greatly improve the accuracy of character recognition. Even though you are a new user, you can use this software easily.

How to rotate a PDF with Renee PDF Aide?

There are two functions in Renee PDF Aide, PDF editor and PDF converter. Next, we will show you how to use the converter to rotate a PDF.

Steps:

Step 1: Download and install Renee PDF Aide. Then, open the software and get into [PDF Tools].

Step 2: Click on [Add Files] to select the target PDF file. Then, select [Rotate] at the top menu. Next, adjust the angle, or select the preset angle 90/180/270 degree. In addition, select to rotate all or some of the pages if necessary.

Instruction of each tool:

Repair: Fix the broken PDF file or the file that cannot be opened

Optimize: Compress large PDF file

Split: Split a PDF file into small files

Merge: Merge several PDF files into one, or merge the selected pages

Rotate: Adjust a PDF file at different angles

En/Decrypt: Lock and unlock PDF files

Watermark: Add overlay watermark or background to PDF files

Image→PDF: Merge one or more images into PDF files

Step 3: Finally, click on [Convert] to output the PDF file.

Tips:

This method is applied to the public PDF file. If you want to rotate an encrypted PDF file, you should use Renee PDF Aide to decrypt the file beforehand.

2. Use Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is the browser built in Windows. But it is known and used by few people. In fact, it is a well PDF editor to rotate PDF.

Steps:

Step 1: Navigate to the target PDF file. Right click at the file and select [Open with] – [Microsoft Edge].

Step 2: Click at the rotation button at the top menu. Then, the page will be rotated.

Note: Microsoft Edge can merely rotate PDF to view, but it cannot save the modified file.

3. Use Adobe Acrobat Pro

Adobe Acrobat Pro is the PDF editing software developed by Adobe. The software supports to convert the formats between PDF and Excel and Word. It can also edit the PDF files, such as adding marks. Besides, you can share, manage, compress, print, encrypt and search text within the software. Next, we will show you how to rotate a PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Step 1: Download and install Adobe Acrobat Pro. Then, open the software and select [File] – [Open] at the top menu, or press the hot keys [Ctrl +O] to select the target PDF file.

Step 2: At the top menu, select [Document] – [Rotate Pages], or press the hot key [Shift + Ctrl + R]. Then, select to rotate clockwise 90 degree/anticlockwise 90 degree/180 degree. Next, select to rotate all pages or the designated pages. Finally, click to confirm the settings.

4. Use Smallpdf

Smallpdf is the online PDF tool which can converts the formats between PDF and Word, PPT, JPG, PNG and Excel. Besides, it offers many useful editing functions. Users can encrypt, decrypt, rotate, merge, split pages and create digital signature.

It is easy to use Smallpdf. Next, we will show you how to rotate a PDF on Samllpdf.

Step 1: Get access to Smallpdf (link: https://smallpdf.com/ rotate-pdf). Click on [Choose Files] to upload the PDF file.

Step 2: Then, rotate the pages and finally click on [APPLY CHANGES].