How to Fix Upside-Down Pages After Duplex Scanning

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The Problem

Your office scanner's duplex (two-sided) scanning flipped every other page upside down. Half your document is unreadable without rotating each page manually.

The Solution

Use Rotate PDF to quickly fix all upside-down pages. Select the affected pages and rotate them 180° to correct the duplex scanning error.

How to Do It

1

Open the Rotate PDF tool

2

Upload your duplex-scanned PDF

3

Identify the upside-down pages

4

Select them and rotate 180°

5

Download the corrected document

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I select every other page?

You can select specific pages manually. For large documents, selecting alternating pages is supported.

Does this fix scanning errors permanently?

Yes — the rotation is saved permanently in the new PDF.

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