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How to Change Text Direction in a pdf Document- not page orientation

2011-08-30 06:42:43

awriternot

Registered: Aug 30 2011

Posts: 1

Answered

Hi,

I have a regular saved pdf file. The text layout is landscape. I want the text layout to be portrait so that when I print it, it will be more user friendly when I'm trying to read it (changing orientation to portrait does not work because it changes the page, not the text).

This is not a form, it was a pdf that I created about a year ago, when I wasn't thinking about future use.

I can't for the life of me figure this out. Any suggestions?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows

2011-09-08 15:45:05

KellyMcC

Registered: Jul 11 2011

Posts: 389

Accepted Answer

This can be done :)

Go to View > Toolbars > Advanced Editing
Choose the TouchUp Object Tool (last tool on the bar)
Right-click the text
Choose Rotate Clockwise or Rotate Counter Clockwise

You may have to do this on a paragraph by paragraph basis.

Kelly McCathran
Adobe Community Expert
Certified Technical Trainer+

2011-09-09 01:54:22

UVSAR

Registered: Oct 29 2008

Posts: 1357

If the file contains flowed text without tagging, it's unlikely to survive being rotated in Acrobat (text is usually broken into scattered chunks). In that case, if you don't have the original document, export the PDF file to an editable format (Save as Word, for example) and change the paper size, so Word will do the layout changes - then re-save back to PDF.