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Toonarmytel
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Feb 3, 2018 11:28 AM UTC
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Mirror PDF file

Hi, I've been e-mailed a technical drawing for building stud walls in a block of flats. However I've only got the left hand side flat drawings. Is there a way within Acrobat XI that I can flip the file horizontally?

    Luke Jennings
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    Inspiring
    Dec 5, 2018 2:54 PM UTC

    Thank you Karl Heinz Kremer. Your suggestion worked perfectly! We're trying to prepare POWERPOINT presentations to be used on a teleprompter. We're recording videos of "expert speakers." Our speakers sound much  more natural when they're speaking to their own POWERPOINT bullet points vs. reading from a written script using an unfamiliar piece of technology.


    For the benefit of others who are looking for a way to flip PDFs, here is yet another way:

    You can use an existing prefilght profile to flip the pages (Acrobat DC).

    Tools> Print Production> Prefilght> (select the blue wrench icon).

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    declanterry
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    Nov 1, 2021 9:46 PM UTC

    For those on a budget, I found converting the PDF to a jpeg, flipping in photos, then converting jpeg to PDF worked brilliantly. 

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      Karolina22357005owj1
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      Dec 22, 2021 5:21 AM UTC

      An elegantly simple solution! Even more so as I was searching for a solution to flipping a jpeg into a PDF!

       

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      Luke Jennings3
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      Luke Jennings3Community Expert
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      Dec 23, 2021 1:15 AM UTC

      Another option- from Photoshop, Image> Image rotation> Flip canvas horizontal> File> Save-as> Format> Photoshop PDF.

       

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      greg5C45
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      Aug 25, 2020 5:04 PM UTC

      Acrobat Pro XI

      I've found a better way.  Zoom out so you can see the whole page. Go to Content editing and select Edit Text & Images. It will say the page doesn't have editable text or has scanned content AND it doesn't tell you but its now made the entire page an object. Left click on the scan and you'll see handles appear at the corners.  Now right click and flip it. Done!  Took a long time to find this. Happy!

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        Joyce R
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        Oct 25, 2022 7:08 PM UTC

        This works so well. Thanks a million !! I need it to mirror truss layouts for garage left and / or garage right.

        Joyce

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        Luke Jennings
        Luke Jennings
        Inspiring
        Feb 7, 2018 5:07 PM UTC

        Another option is to place the PDF into InDesign or Illustrator and export to (or save as, from Illustrator) a new PDF.

        To mirror a placed object in InDesign go to Object> Transform> Flip horizontal.

        To Mirror a placed object in Illustrator, it's Object> Transform> Reflect.

        Of course all the dimensions will also be mirrored and hard to read. You can cover the old type and replace it before exporting to a new PDF, if it's important to you.

        I should also mention you are also assuming the right side drawings are otherwise identical to the left (door swings, utilities, etc.)

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        ToonarmytelAuthor
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        Feb 7, 2018 7:29 PM UTC

        That's exactly what I needed Luke, thanks! Door swings etc are not important as I'm just building the stud walls, dimensions I can easily copy over afterwards. Thanks again.

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        Adorobat
        Adorobat
        Participating Frequently
        Feb 6, 2018 5:06 PM UTC

        Hi Toonarmytel,

        To rotate a page in a pdf file, click on the page thumbnail icon in the left-hand pane > select the page by clicking on it > right-click > rotate pages.

        Select the direction, page range and save the file using File > Save option.

        Below are the screenshots:

        Let us know if you have any further questions.

        Shivam

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        try67
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        try67Community Expert
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        Feb 6, 2018 5:09 PM UTC

        Rotating is not the same as mirroring... I don't believe the latter is possible in Acrobat.

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          Luke Jennings
          Luke JenningsCorrect answer
          Inspiring
          Dec 5, 2018 2:54 PM UTC

          Thank you Karl Heinz Kremer. Your suggestion worked perfectly! We're trying to prepare POWERPOINT presentations to be used on a teleprompter. We're recording videos of "expert speakers." Our speakers sound much  more natural when they're speaking to their own POWERPOINT bullet points vs. reading from a written script using an unfamiliar piece of technology.


          For the benefit of others who are looking for a way to flip PDFs, here is yet another way:

          You can use an existing prefilght profile to flip the pages (Acrobat DC).

          Tools> Print Production> Prefilght> (select the blue wrench icon).

          Translate
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