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How to "save" a rotated pdf file

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I have a pdf file shown upside down. So I use Okular to rotate it and it looks good. The problem is, The next time I open it with other software, it's still upside down. If I open it with Okular, it is not.

I am wondering what's happening underhood.

I do have write permission on that file.

I tried "save a copy to", but no effect. Actually, there is no save operation needed to be done. The file seems not even been modified after I rotate in Okular.

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answered 3 Years ago tialmes · Accepted Answer

According to the man page for pdftk, one of the operations is rotate and you can save the rotated file:

The page rotation setting can cause pdftk to rotate pages and

documents. Each option sets the page rotation as follows (in

degrees): north: 0, east: 90, south: 180, west: 270, left:

-90, right: +90, down: +180. left, right, and down make

relative adjustments to a page's rotation.

Example (will rotate pages 1 to 5 +180 degrees, i.e. vertically / upside down):

pdftk original.pdf rotate 1-5south output new-rotated.pdf

However, pdftk is quite powerful and it's better that you read the man pages and use pdftk --help to meet your exact needs.

If you want to take a look at man pdftk without installing it, here's a link for 13.10: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/saucy/en/man1/pdftk.1.html