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Thomas33346017q11r
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November 16, 2023
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Rotate Shape in Adobe Acrobat Pro

  • November 16, 2023
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Hello all! I am trying to figure out if it is possible to rotate a shape once you have added it into a PDF. I am currently adding the rectangle shape but it needs to to be rotated. Is that possible? 

 

Thanks in advanced.

 

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    Correct answer Bernd Alheit

    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply although the angle I wanted to rotate the drawn square
    was to 45° so that still wouldn't work for me unfortunately. Thanks for
    trying though!

    Kind regards
    Andy

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    1. add the rectangle
    2. flatten the page
    3. rotate the rectangle

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    chandler_6533
    New Participant
    June 5, 2025

    Did you ever figure this out?

     

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    Andy_286
    New Participant
    July 21, 2025

    It's mid 2025 and Adobe still can't rotate a rectangle.  

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    Andy_286
    New Participant
    July 24, 2025

    Hi there 

     

    Thanks for giving it a try. 

    In Adobe Acrobat, to rotate a comment (like a text box or drawing), you generally need to rotate the entire page, then add the comment, and then rotate the page back. You cannot directly rotate a comment box independently.

    You may also check the correct answer marked in the similar discussion https://adobe.ly/3TSYxx1 

     

     


    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply although the angle I wanted to rotate the drawn square
    was to 45° so that still wouldn't work for me unfortunately. Thanks for
    trying though!

    Kind regards
    Andy

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    *P* *Before you print* think about the *ENVIRONMENT*

    gary_sc
    gary_sc
    Community Expert
    November 16, 2023

    Hi, @Thomas33346017q11r, If you are in Edit mode and click on the rectangle, a handle should appear on one of the sides. (I just grabbed a PDF with a cartoon in it for demonstrating.)

     If you mouse-down on that handle and pull or push on it, the entire object will rotate around its center.

    All you will see (at first) is a ghost of the outline. Once you let go, the rectangle will follow.

     

    HOWEVER, please be aware that Acrobat will not know about wrapping around any object that gets in the way of its text. There is no easy solution for this other than to do this in the original application that you created the document add the rectangle there, and THEN create the PDF. 

    Always keep in mind that Acrobat is NOT a page layout application or a word processing application.

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    Thomas33346017q11rAuthor
    Known Participant
    November 17, 2023

    I can rotate an image. If you have a pdf open and you chose edit to add a rectangle or circle or polygon, it's that item I want to rotate. Anyway to do so? 

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