Rotate PDF now requires a subscription?!?!

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January 5, 2022
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So we can't even rotate a PDF anymore without a paid subscription? Absoloutely rediculious. This has been a core basic function of Reader for years, why was it removed? Is there a way to rotate it another way?

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Correct answer try67

Via View - Rotate Page.

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Patrick32957085t655

New Participant

**The free rotate view option is the button in the right hand corner of the application.**

The confusion for everyone is coming from the newer graphical layout of Acrobat. The rotate icon that is in the right hand menu bar when you are in the "Edit" section is indeed for paid-versions only. However there is a rotate icon in the bottom right hand corner of the application that is still free to use for changing the view orientation of the PDF.

jane-e

Community Expert

However there is a rotate icon in the bottom right hand corner of the application that is still free to use for changing the view orientation of the PDF.

By @Patrick32957085t655

Note that rotating the View is for all pages and only lasts while the file remains open. Rotating the Page is for selected pages and remains until rotated again.

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johnleiva

New Participant

To clarify all the conflicting answers. You can rotate through the main menu, but it's just to view; saving it will not retain the rotation. If you use the rotation in "Tools," it requires a subscription.

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Danna35857854y9e5

New Participant

It does retain the rotated view.

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Kevin29699288ajh0

New Participant

If anyone from Adobe is reading this...this "paywall" almost made me uninstall Reader and start looking for other options (I pay for Pro, but you limit me to two computers, so I have to have reader on conference room computers, etc.). It's ridiculous that Edge browser is easier to use than the maker's own software.

For everyone else, this is what my screen looked like and which button NOT to click and where the free rotation is in the menu.

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Will 2000

New Participant

It did cause me to uninstall it for the older versions. Now it seems that it was trickery by Adobe to add that rotate page icon on the front to make you think you had to pay just to rotate your pages. 😠

jane-e

Community Expert

@Will 2000 and @McKenna323498494rzl

What is your OS and version?

Are you using the New Experience of Reader?

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Song Lan

Participating Frequently

any update/answer on this matter? I am experiencing the same issue on 32bit .

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christian23099934tdju

New Participant

Right click on the menu options bar and select Show Page Display Tools -> Select Clockwise and Counterclockwise. The icons will appear next to the page number.

try67

Community Expert

Reader was never able to rotate PDF pages. It can only rotate the view of those pages, which is not a permanent change and can't be saved. You can still do it with the current version of Reader. Nothing has changed in this regard.