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September 1, 2017
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Rotate Entire Document 90 Degrees

  • September 1, 2017
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My outsource printer requires that all spreads in my document be rotated 90 d. ccl. I can rotate individual spreads, but this is tedious. Wondering if there is a shortcut for rotating the entire document, either in the edit mode or while exporting to PDF. Have searched in both areas, so far without success.

With thanks in advance,

jwc

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    Correct answer BobLevine

    This is a giant red flag that tells me it’s time to find a new printer.

    Rotating the pages in a PDF takes second using pages panel in Acrobat. If they can’t handle that, I wouldn’t trust them to do anything.

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    Participant
    April 13, 2024

    Thanks for that information. So, InDesign is unable to rotate a document?

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Legend
    April 13, 2024

    What app is? Other than artboard-based ones like Photoshop and Illustrator? I can't think of a single page-layout, publishing or even word processing tool that can rotate the document contents globally.

     

    What, you're going to type sideways? Such things are for output — which in the case of ID docs, means "in Acrobat."

    Om Nath Jha
    Legend
    September 1, 2017

    Hi Jack,

    I agree with Bob here. Rotating the pages in a PDF is a simple step and the printer should be able to do it easily. If they are not doing it, you should be checking a new one.

    Regards,

    Om

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    September 1, 2017

    This is a giant red flag that tells me it’s time to find a new printer.

    Rotating the pages in a PDF takes second using pages panel in Acrobat. If they can’t handle that, I wouldn’t trust them to do anything.

    vinny38
    Legend
    September 1, 2017

    I would do it in Acrobat.