Rotate PDF Pages

😫 The Pain Point

You scanned a stack of papers. Page 5 was inserted backward. Now it’s upside down in the PDF. Readers have to rotate their heads to read it.

🚀 Agentic Solution

Page Turner: Modifies the “Rotation” flag of specific pages.

Key Features:

• Zero Loss: Rotates metadata, doesn’t re-compress the image.
• Selection: Rotate only specific pages (e.g., Pages 5 & 7).

⚔️ Phase 1: Commander (Quick Fix)

For a quick fix.

Prompt:

“Rotate page 5 of doc.pdf by 180 degrees. Save as fixed.pdf.”

Result: Corrected PDF.

🏗️ Phase 2: Architect (Permanent Tool)

For Copy Shops.

Engineering Prompt:

**Role:** Python PDF Util Dev
**Task:** Create a "PDF Page Rotator".
**Requirements:**
1.  **GUI:**
    *   Load PDF.
    *   Input: "Page Numbers" (e.g., 5,7).
    *   Direction: "Clockwise 90" or "180".
    *   "Rotate" button.
2.  **Logic:**
    *   Use `pypdf`.
    *   `page.rotate(90)`.
    *   Save result.
3.  **Deliverables:** `pdf_rotate.py`, `run.bat` (Windows), `run.sh` (Mac).

🧠 Prompt Decoding

• Metadata Rotation: Rotating a PDF page is instantaneous because we aren’t moving pixels. We are just telling the PDF viewer “Hey, display this page rotated”.

🛠️ Instructions

1. Copy Prompt -> Paste -> Run.
2. Input Page No -> Rotate.