How to Mirror PDF with 3 Effective Methods

You might want to mirror a PDF file, but most blogs and videos only show methods for rotating instead of mirroring. Don’t worry—we’ve tested the available solutions and found 3 effective ways to mirror your PDF.

Part 1. How to Mirror a PDF Document Offline with UPDF (2 Ways)

Want to mirror PDF files without any effort? You should use UPDF. UPDF for Mac and Windows allows you to mirror PDF files in two ways. Moreover, it cannot only mirror PDF files, but also helps you edit, convert, compress, annotate, organize, and perform other operations on PDF files. Download UPDF via the button below and follow the two ways below to mirror PDF files.

Way 1. Mirror a PDF Page Via Converting + Combining + Editing

This method needs you to use three features: converting, combining, and editing.

Step 1: Double-click click desktop UPDF icon to launch it and press the “Open File” button so that you can pick a PDF from File Explorer and open it in UPDF. When it opens, you need to click on the "Tools" > "Image".

Step 2: In the pop-up window, select the image format you need, then click on the "Apply" and select the location where to save all the images.

Step 3. Go to the home interface of UPDF, click on the "Tools" > "Merge" under the "Batch PDFs" section.

Step 4. Now, click on the "+ Add Files" to import all the converted images on your computer, then click on the "Apply" to combine them into one PDF.

Step 5. Now, as your PDF files are created from images, you can use UPDF's image flipping features to flip all the pages. Just open the merged PDF file, click on the "Tools" > "Edit". Now, click on the PDF pages, and you will find the options "Flip Horizontal" and "Flip Vertical".

Step 6. Click on one option to flip. For example, I click on the "Flip Horizontal", I get the result like below.

Way 2. Mirror a PDF Page Via Image PDF + Editing

If you feel the method mentioned above difficult to follow, you can follow this guide to use image PDF and edit feature. If you still do not have UPDF on your computer, you can download it via the button below.

Step 1: Launch the UPDF tool on your PC by using its desktop icon, then click the "Open File" button at the top to open a PDF using the browse file explorer window. When your PDF opens in UPDF, click the "Arrow Down" icon behind the "Save" button.

Step 2: In the pop-up windows, choose the "3x" for the resolution and click on the "Save" button to convert the PDF to an image PDF.

Step 3. Now, you can open the image PDF with UPDF, click on the "Tools" > "Edit", click on the page, and click on the flip options.

Download UPDF now for mirroring your PDF documents and purchase UPDF Pro to get all premium features.

And UPDF is not only a tool to mirror a PDF; you can also use it for many PDF-related features like converting, editing, compressing, annotating, and more. You can watch the video below or read this review article to learn more.

Part 2.  How to Mirror PDF Online Free With PDFux?

If you are looking for an online tool that can mirror your PDF documents in one go then PDFux is the best tool you can choose. Since it works online you can use it on any device on a browser. Mirroring PDFs is only one of many features of PDFux. It also includes features like rotating, numbering, splitting, reordering, merging, etc. with a very easy user interface.

When Mirroring PDFs you only get 2 options which are horizontal and vertical mirroring/flipping and the guide below explains how you can use them.

Step 1: Open PDFux Page mirror tool in a browser and click "Select Files" to pick a PDF file from your offline storage.

Step 2: As the PDF loads you will see all page thumbnails with horizontal and vertical flipping buttons so click "Flip Vertically" or "Flip Horizontally" according to your needs then click "Apply Changes". Now your mirrored PDF file will be ready for saving with "Download" button shortly.

Part 4. FAQS About Mirroring a PDF

Final Words

When the contents of a PDF are not in the correct orientation, working on it can become very difficult. That’s why you must know the right methods to mirror PDF documents. The best option for this use case is UPDF since you can mirror images or whole pages with it so download it and try it now.