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phidler
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July 31, 2025
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Create Custom Tool to rotate odd and even pages differently?

  • July 31, 2025
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I very frequently need to do this routine: choose Organize Pages, select all odd pages, rotate 90º CW, select all even pages, rotate CCW. I'd like to create a Custom Tool to do this but don't see how to select odd/even pages. Any advice?

Correct answer try67

You can do it by adding this JavaScript code to your Custom Tool:

 

for (var i=0; i<this.numPages; i++) {
	if (i%2==0) this.setPageRotations(i, i, 90);
	else this.setPageRotations(i, i, 270);
}

 

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try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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July 31, 2025

You can do it by adding this JavaScript code to your Custom Tool:

 

for (var i=0; i<this.numPages; i++) {
	if (i%2==0) this.setPageRotations(i, i, 90);
	else this.setPageRotations(i, i, 270);
}

 

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    phidlerAuthor
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    August 1, 2025

    Thank you. I'm sure I've done something incorrectly; when I click either "Start" or "Execute JavaScript" from the tool I created in Action Wizard with your script I get this dialog box, but when I click OK it reports "Completed" with no change in page orientation.

     

     

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    August 1, 2025

    Works fine for me...

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