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How can we rotate objects annotations and text fields in acrobat. For reference lets you select an annotation and drag a rotation handle directly on the object.

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@NicKPreem If you select the text box or images, either through Tools > Edit PDF or Prepare Form, you should see a blue rotation handle above the selected object. You can click and drag that handle to rotate the text box, images or form field to the desired angle. The green-circled blue icon in your screenshot is the rotation handle, text boxes, images and form fields can often be rotated directly using this handle once they are selected.

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justlearn

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@NicKPreem Sounds like this is one area where Foxit PDF Editor is still more convenient than Acrobat! Foxit's on-object rotation handles for annotations are much easier than Acrobat non- existant on-object rotation. Maybe custom JavaScript might be a way.

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JR Boulay

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How can we rotate text fields in acrobat

To rotate a form field, go to Properties: General

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JR Boulay

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How can we rotate objects annotations

See justlearnskills answer.
You can rotate annotation in exactly the same way as in Foxit.

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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I’m not seeing that on my annotations, just the PDF images and text.

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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AFAIK, you can’t rotate annotations.

I assume by “text fields” you are referring to a form field, you can rotate them under the Properties panel (General tab>Orientation). It won’t visibly rotate the field but the text will be rotated, so you just have to resize the field to the rotated size.

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@NicKPreem If you select the text box or images, either through Tools > Edit PDF or Prepare Form, you should see a blue rotation handle above the selected object. You can click and drag that handle to rotate the text box, images or form field to the desired angle. The green-circled blue icon in your screenshot is the rotation handle, text boxes, images and form fields can often be rotated directly using this handle once they are selected.

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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@justlearnskills I posted this in a buried post but I’m not seeing the rotation option on my annotations, only the PDF text and images.

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@Dave Creamer of IDEAS I read and saw the email notications, and did indeed see it. Not sure why it didn’t stick?! Maybe, it’s having a bad day!?

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