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Flip One or All Pages in a PDF
In this tutorial, we’ll answer questions about flipping one page or all pages in a PDF document, including how to flip pages in a PDF and how to flip entire PDF files.
To flip a page in a PDF means changing how the page is oriented so that one or more of the pages are aligned in a different direction. For example, you may want to flip a specific page upside down or horizontal so the content is displayed differently from the rest. Or, maybe when you scanned the physical version of a document, a couple pages weren’t aligned correctly.
No matter your reason, PDF.Live’s editor allows you to flip PDF pages clockwise and counterclockwise so all the content is displayed correctly. In this guide, we’ll be showing you how you can use the PDF.Live editor to flip, or rotate, your PDF without any software downloads.
- Upload your PDF to the PDF.Live editor.
Drag and drop your PDF into the browser or click Select file to edit and navigate to where your PDF is located on your PC or Mac to upload it to the PDF.Live editor. If you’re flipping the pages of a document that you’ve scanned using a printer or scanner, you will need to save it as a PDF somewhere on your computer.
- Under the Quick Links section, select Manage Pages
In the PDF.Live editor, there is a tab that lets you preview all the pages in your PDF and manage each of them individually. By selecting Manage Pages, this panel will pop up on the left side of the editor.
You can also pop this panel back out at any time by selecting the Panel icon at the top of the panel. This icon will minimize and maximize the panel as you need it.
- Under the page you want to rotate, select the Rotate Page Clockwise option.
This option will quickly rotate your page 90 degrees in the clockwise direction. This will only rotate the single page that you select.
You can also rotate the page counterclockwise by pressing the 3 vertical dot icon underneath the page and selecting rotate counterclockwise.
If you want to rotate more than one page at once, hold down the shift button on your keyboard and click all the pages you want to rotate. You’ll notice a checkbox appear above each page you select. At the bottom of the screen, select either to rotate clockwise or rotate counterclockwise to rotate multiple pages in your PDF.
Once you’ve flipped your pages in the correct orientation, remember to select Download to download a new version of your PDF with the edits made.
PDF.Live allows you to edit PDF documents online for free (limited) with no software downloads required. For a small monthly fee, you can make unlimited changes, flipping, editing and converting as many pages or PDFs as you need, and you can cancel at any time.