Rotate PDF now requires a subscription?!?!

[Pamlico22516729jv5z]

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?

[radzmar]

You should always be able to rotate the viewed PDF by [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[1] or [0].

[McKenna323498494rzl]

Dose this really work?

[try67]

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.

[Graham22739001xlmz]

How do you rotate the view for free?

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Via View - Rotate Page.

[Song Lan]

we got the 7-day trial whether I click the icon or right click and then click the rotate.

[jane-e]

@Song Lan wrote: right click and then click the rotate

Right-click > Rotate changes the View, not the orientation. It will flip back when you re-open.

Jane

[Pamlico22516729jv5z]

Not anymore, it now requires a paid subscription which is [cursing removed] for a viewer.

[McKenna323498494rzl]

Duh, doesn't work

[McKenna323498494rzl]

I just tried to use the rotate icon and it wants me to pay. So I don't believe your post

[Song Lan]

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

[christian23099934tdju]

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.

[McKenna323498494rzl]

Thank you 

[Kevin29699288ajh0]

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.

[bob23001874609y]

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]

@bob23001874609y  and  @McKenna323498494rzl 

What is your OS and version? 

Are you using the New Experience of Reader?

Jane

[johnleiva]

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. 

[Danna35857854y9e5]

It does retain the rotated view.  

[Ryan38685022k75j]

The easy solution here is to rotate the view of the document, as others have described, and then 'print' it to a new PDF using CutePDF or Microsoft Print to PDF. The new PDF will be in the orientation you were viewing it in.

[Patrick32957085t655]

**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]

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.