Office guide
Fix sideways scanned PDF pages
Sideways scans make review and printing painful. A quick rotation pass can make a packet feel much more professional before it leaves your desk.
Common use cases
- •Fix receipts scanned sideways
- •Prepare a print-ready packet
- •Normalize pages before merging
Steps
- 1Open the PDF
- 2Choose 90, 180, or 270 degrees
- 3Export and check the reading direction
Mistakes to avoid
- •Do not rotate again in the print dialog
- •Do not assume every page needs the same angle if scans came from different sources
FAQ
Does rotation change text quality?
No. It changes page rotation metadata and preserves the content.
What if only one page is sideways?
Use extraction or split first if you need page-specific handling.