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Niccoli222822873vyl
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December 16, 2021
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Text Box gets rotated when I copy/paste it

  • December 16, 2021
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I work with pages that I've created from a web application (a work database), where I print multiple pages to a single pdf file. These pages (we'll call A-type pages) are printed in a Landscape view. I then insert another pdf into this pdf (a pdf which I had created, with all the pages/text turned to Landscape - we'll call this B-type pages). I use these B-type pages as "section dividers" for the A-Type pages. Then, using the Thumbnails, I drag and drop the A-type pages in between the B-type pages, to get them in to the order that I need. On these B-type pages, I have certain text boxes saved, that I may need to copy/paste onto some of the A-type pages.

I've been using this process for years with no issue, until I just recently had to upgrade my Adobe software (requirement of my company). Now, every time I copy/paste that same text box from the B-type pages on to an A-type page, my text box gets rotated 90 degrees. However, if I were to copy/paste that same text box onto a B-type page, it does not get rotated.

What is causing this?

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Correct answer 22330294p6yi

I honestly never knew that there was any difference between choosing Adobe PDF vs Microsoft print to PDF - to me the results were always the same, so I never paid attention to which one I chose. So I can't answer your question of which I was using before. But I will try using the Adobe PDF instead. Thanks so much! Very helpful!


Update2: This was absolutely the answer! Sure enough, when I print my pages using "Adobe PDF" instead of "Microsoft Print to PDF" the text box no longer gets rotated. Thanks again!

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ls_rbls
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December 17, 2021

Would you mind sharing an example of this file with no sensitive data on it please?

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22330294p6yi
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December 20, 2021

(see attachment) Pages 1, 5 and 9 are "B-Type" pages. And the other pages are "A-Type" pages (just pages printed from Amazon, printed the same way I would print my pages from my work database). You'll notice on page 9 there is a small "example text" text box. This is the text box I copied and then pasted onto page 5 and page 11. You'll see on page 5 (B-type page) the text box pasted correctly. But on page 11 (A-Type page) the text box is rotated 90 degrees.

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22330294p6yiCorrect answer
New Participant
December 20, 2021

I honestly never knew that there was any difference between choosing Adobe PDF vs Microsoft print to PDF - to me the results were always the same, so I never paid attention to which one I chose. So I can't answer your question of which I was using before. But I will try using the Adobe PDF instead. Thanks so much! Very helpful!


Update2: This was absolutely the answer! Sure enough, when I print my pages using "Adobe PDF" instead of "Microsoft Print to PDF" the text box no longer gets rotated. Thanks again!

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