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Bookmark and rotate pages in PDFs in Office Mobile for iOS

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Hey, Insiders! My name is Tirtha, and I’m a Program Manager on the Office Mobile team. The ability to bookmark and rotate pages in PDFs have been among the most heavily requested features in Office Mobile for iOS. We heard you, and these capabilities are here!

Bookmark and rotate pages in PDFs

PDFs are a great way to consume text content on your mobile device. But it can be easy to lose your place when reading an e-book or a lengthy report in PDF form.

With the new Bookmark feature, you can now mark important pages in your PDF with just a tap. You can also view and access all your bookmarked pages in one place.

Another common frustration with PDFs is issues related to page orientation: one of the pages is scanned in landscape mode, while all the other pages are in portrait mode (or vice versa). Problem solved! With the new Rotate feature, you can easily switch any PDF page to the desired orientation.

How it works

Ready to give these new features a try?

Bookmark a page in a PDF

  1. Open a PDF document in the Office Mobile app on your iOS device.
  2. On iPhone, tap the Bookmark button at the bottom of the screen to bookmark the current page.Screenshot showing bookmark in a PDF on an iOS device. On iPad, tap on the triple-dot menu at the upper-right corner of the screen and select Bookmark to bookmark the current page.Screenshot showing bookmark in a PDF on an iPad device.
  3. After you have bookmarked a few pages, swipe up on the bottom pane and select the Pages view option.Screenshot showing Pages view in a PDF on an iPhone. NOTE: Pages view is only available in Office Mobile for iPhone (not iPad).
  4. Tap on the Bookmarked tab to view all your bookmarked pages here; tap on the one you want to go to that page.Screenshot showing Bookmarked pages tab in a PDF in Office Mobile for iOS.

Rotate a page in a PDF

  1. Open a PDF document in the Office Mobile app on your iOS device.
  2. Go to the page you wish to change the orientation of.
  3. On iPhone, swipe up on the bottom pane and tap Rotate.Screenshot showing the Rotate option in a PDF in Office Mobile for iPhone. On iPad, tap on the triple-dot menu at the upper-right corner of the screen and select Rotate. Screenshot showing the Rotate option in a PDF in Office Mobile for iPad.

Tips and tricks

  • Bookmarked a page by mistake or no longer need it bookmarked? Just tap on Bookmark again to remove the bookmark.
  • Not sure your page is bookmarked? Look for the colorful mark at the upper-right corner of the page to confirm.Screenshot of iPhone illustrating how to tell if your PDF page is bookmarked.
  • Tapping on Rotate turns a page to the right 90 degrees. Want it rotated 90 degrees to the left? Just tap on Rotate twice more to achieve your desired orientation.

Availability

The ability to bookmark and rotate pages in a PDF is rolling out to Office Insiders running Version 2.55 (Build 21102803) or later.

Don’t have it yet? It’s probably us, not you.

Features are released over some time to ensure things are working smoothly. We highlight features that you may not have because they’re slowly releasing to larger numbers of Insiders. Sometimes we remove elements to further improve them based on your feedback. Though this is rare, we also reserve the option to pull a feature entirely out of the product, even if you, as an Insider, have had the opportunity to try it.

Feedback

We want to hear from you! In Office Mobile, just tap your profile icon, then tap Send Feedback. To give us your thoughts, tap I like something or I don’t like something.

Learn what other information you should include in your feedback to ensure it’s actionable and reaches the right people. We’re excited to hear your thoughts!

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