Mirror PDF file

Report · Feb 03, 2018

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?

Report · Feb 07, 2018

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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Report · Dec 05, 2018

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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Report · Dec 21, 2021

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

Report · Dec 22, 2021

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