Rotate is no longer a free Feature? Goodbye Adobe

FYI you’ll never ever have to worry about this again if you use something less greedy than Adobe. PDFgear is the best alternative I’ve found.

Even if “rotate view” is available deep in some menu, adobe has made it difficult to find, forcing people to google around and find a solution. Instead I’ve uninstalled adobe and moved PDFgear, a much much better program. As a bonus, it installs without the HUGE amount of bloatware that comes with any adobe product.

Please read the best responses in this topic before posting messages that add to the confusion.

Rotating the view is not the same as rotating the page.

That's all, folks!

I was so frustrated by the change, that i had been using an alternative.
Finally did a google search and found this discussion.
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Once i understood there is a different menu item in the popup menu,
I was exploring ways that maybe I could redirect the action of the icon back to the view instead of rotate document.
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In the end, I found that you can add a rotate view icon to the tool bar.
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Open a document
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Right click on toolbar - I clicked on bar that has page numbers, printer, magnifier, etc
Click "Show Page Display Tools"
Click "Clockwise" and/or "Counterclosckwise"
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This will place the ROTATE VIEW icons onto the toolbard next to the page numbers
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Unfortunately - the rotate view icons are identical to rotate document icons so you will have to remember which one is which.
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Hope this helps.

For those of you saying go to the View Menu and then Rotate view for the FREE Adobe Reader DC, IT was possible to rotate the view in the FREE version using the right click context menu on the page. Now whenever you do that the software asks you to subscribe to it. 

Most users have used the right click short cut for the ease of use and time saving benefits..Now to click on a View tab at the top of the screen and then click on Rotate is too time consuming.

I for one was able to ROTATE the VIEW with the Right Click context menu ever since i had the free version of Adobe Reader (over 20 years). 

Now i will use FOXIT PDF Reader instead of Adobe's Pay to play "Free" Reader

Sorry. I have to disagree with the Experts. I've been using Acrobat since it was first released. But I have only had the need to rotate pages in the last couple of years. In that time it has always worked (it worked a couple of weeks ago) and I have never had to upgrade to get it. Let's face it, why would I pay for a "single" feature that is pretty basic? Over the decades I've shipped enough money Adobe's way... like for PageMaker after Adobe bought out Aldus.

Literally came here for the exact same issue and this thread resolved it. You were definitely able to rotate view by right clicking. You still can, but we need to click "rotate view clockwise," which is now further down the options versus clicking the circular arrow.

I have the similar issue , Adobe DC 64-bit, 21.011.20039, can't rotate anymore, when trying, got 7-day trial, any reocmmendatin?that happens whether I click the icon or right click and then click the rotate.

thanks,

I have been rotating landscape documents for viewing purposes for years in the FREE adobe reader.

But recently with the new upgrades have to pay to view a document so i don't have to tilt my head??????

This is just a money making grab.

So will just not use the program anymore as not paying just to upgrade so i can view a landscape document the right way round.  as only want to view not change & save!!!!

very annoyed with adobe changing this may even cancel the functions i do pay for and go with a different company all together.

The responses have not been accurate saying that rotating pages was never a thing without a paid subscription. It alway has been possible inside an open document.  Now it is not.  Last week I used this and rotated documents.  This week it won't rotate without my signing up for a "free" 7 day trial. Anyone care to guess what my next approach to .pdf management  is going to be?

"then it's time to uninstall used Windows 10 default pdf viewer."

You cannot.

In Windows 10 the default PDF viewer is MS Edge, not Acrobat Reader.

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