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screenshot, probably from Ex-Twitter but I saw it on NOSTR, showing a guy saying that training a zoomer to use a PC at work is as difficult as training a boomer, with a reply indicating that there is only one generation that can rotate a PDF and that knowledge dies with us

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I'm not a kid (see my other replies in this thread lol), but I've never had to use PDFs for much at all. The closest I've ever been to editing one is clicking a box to draw a signature or check a checkbox.

So I've gotta ask. Why would one need to rotate a PDF? They would be made on a computer, and naturally default to the correct orientation, no? I can't imagine why one would ever be sideways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can scan a document to PDF, sometimes the default orientation isn't correct.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ctrl + Shift + Keypad+

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yep I've noticed that too. I get questions like "what is the difference between downloading and installing" from people that are over 18 years old and under 30.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

People are going to start asking AI to rotate PDFs for them, just like people started asking ChatGPT to do math; it’s a terrible idea but will probably work 80% of the time, and that’ll be good enough for most people.

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