Fix sideways, upside-down, or incorrectly oriented PDF pages. Rotate to the correct orientation in seconds.
Scanned documents are the most common source of orientation problems. A page scanned sideways. Double-sided scanning where every other page is upside down. A photo of a document taken at an angle.
The orientation fix tool lets you select the affected pages and rotate them to the correct orientation. Visual thumbnails make it easy to identify which pages need correction.
Easily rotate all pages in your PDF left or right instantly.
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Maximum file size: 50MB
Fixing PDF orientation corrects pages that are displayed sideways or upside down. The /Rotate metadata value in the page dictionary is updated to the correct orientation. The page content is unchanged — only the display rotation is corrected. The result is a PDF where all pages display in the correct reading orientation.
Use cases include:
Fixing scanned documents where pages were placed sideways.
Correcting double-sided scans where alternate pages are flipped.
Fixing PDFs created from sideways photos.
Correcting mixed-orientation documents.
Fixing a PDF where some pages are portrait and others are landscape incorrectly.
Fixing orientation is essential for scanned documents and PDFs from mixed-orientation sources.
Upload, identify problem pages, rotate, download.
Upload the PDF with orientation issues.
View thumbnails to identify pages with incorrect orientation.
Select the affected pages and choose the correct rotation angle.
Download the corrected PDF.
Upload, identify problem pages, rotate, download.
Upload PDF. View thumbnails to identify orientation issues.
Select affected pages and choose rotation angle.
The /Rotate metadata is updated for selected pages.
Download the corrected PDF.
PDF orientation is controlled by the /Rotate page dictionary entry.
The /Rotate entry specifies the clockwise rotation in degrees (0, 90, 180, 270) that viewers should apply when displaying the page.
A value of 90 means the page content is rotated 90° clockwise from the correct orientation — viewers rotate it 90° counter-clockwise to display correctly.
Fixing orientation updates this value to 0 (or the correct rotation) so viewers display the page in the correct orientation.
For correcting sideways or upside-down pages.
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Find answers to common questions about our PDF tools
Common causes: scanned pages where the document was placed sideways, double-sided scanning where alternate pages are flipped, PDFs created from photos taken at an angle, or documents with mixed portrait and landscape pages.
Look at the page thumbnail — if text appears sideways, rotate 90° in the direction that makes it upright. If upside down, rotate 180°.
Yes. If all pages have the same orientation problem, select all and apply the same rotation. If only some pages are affected, select those specific pages.
No. Rotation is a metadata change — it updates the /Rotate value in the page dictionary without changing the content. File size is unaffected.
Yes. Rotation works on all PDFs including scanned ones. The rotation metadata is updated regardless of whether the page content is text or an image.
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