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Auto-Rotate checked on by default: How to achieve this

PDFchild
Registered: Oct 31 2010
Posts: 44

Ok I think this is the correct section to post this
 
Hello,

I have a PDF document where I have a mixture of portrait and landscape pages all in the same Paper size - letter. It prints alright, auto rotate is checked by default but some of our clients complain that it shrinks the landscape to a vertical orientation.

I wondered if its possible to Force the Auto Rotate option to be checked by default or even locked, for those not-so-tech-savvy clients. I have Acrobat Pro.
 
I hope my point is clear enough.

Please help.

Thanks

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KellyMcC
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Jul 11 2011
Posts: 389
If you are into JavaScript, this can be scripted by setting the getPrintParams nUpAutoRotate property to true. There is a bit of sample code here (although it is using a different paramater):
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.980.php

PrintParams properties:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_Dev_PrintProduction.75.2.php

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