Files (Pictures) Revert to Original Rotation When Using Combine in Acrobat DC?

Report · Apr 08, 2016

>Original files (jpeg pictures) saved from device to folder

>Go through each file open in MS Paint

>Resize

>Rotate

>Save

>Use Acrobat DC Tool "Combine"

>Select folder with all jpeg pictures and "Combine Folder"

My issue is that when I do this, the new combined file ("binder") ignores the rotation I saved in MS Paint and combines the files in the position of the original source file. All files combined in landscape when I rotated some of them to portrait in MS Paint and saved the original source.

I have tried Acrobat DC Tool "Edit" and clicking the upper left icon "This is a Picture" then clicking rotate, but it doesn't always get the full picture and leaves white edges from turning the picture to portrait.

My question is: Is there an easier way to get the "Combine" tool to recognize the position of the files and combine them accordingly? I would like this to happen automatically, but if there is a way to go back and edit each picture that needs rotating I would like to know how to do that if necessary.

Report · Apr 08, 2016

I have figured out a way to get this to work, however it is rather labor intensive. (Using Microsoft Windows)

For each JPEG picture in the folder that needs to be rotated to portrait, do the following:

>Right click on file and click Edit, it will open the file in MS Paint (if this is your default media viewer).

>Click Rotate button until desired position.

>Click File or the dropdown>Print>Page Setup

>Change the settings: Click Portrait under Orientation & then under Scaling click fit to and set to 1 by 1 page(s), change margins and centering if desired.

>Click Print and choose the option to Print to Adobe PDF

>Save the Adobe PDF Print to the original folder

>In your original folder, delete the original JPEG as you now will have the pdf print in portrait orientation.

>Use "Combine Files" Tool and use the Add Folders option to combine the files. Your images should all be in the correct orientation and in one PDF file.