Page Rotation Metadata for Pdf Set Wrong

[Guest]

I have a pdf which has page rotation metadata of 270 degrees. But when i open it via Adobe reader, it opens fine with upright portrait position. It is a pdf i got by scanning a printed out pdf.

How can it be possible for a pdf to look normal when it have a non zero rotation degree set?

[try67 · Accepted solution]

The two things are not related. The rotation value is related to how the file was created. It's possible that the scanner driver used was set at a 270 degrees rotation, which it later on set in the PDF properties, while the scanned page itself looks up-right and "correct".

[Test Screen Name]

It's not metadata because it is a direct component of the display of the file. It conveys no information to any end user of the file.