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My document contains some landscaped pages using lscape package. When I compile the input file using latex-dvips-ps2pdf, the landscaped pages are automatically rotated so readers don't need to rotate their heads 90 degrees.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\begin{document}
\blindtext
\begin{landscape}
\blindtext
\end{landscape}
\blindtext
\end{document}

Output using latex-dvips-ps2pdf

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However, when the input file is compiled by xelatex, the landscaped pages are no longer automatically rotated, so we need to rotate our heads.

Output using xelatex

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There is a statement in lscape documentation as follows,

I've made a minor improvement to lscape.dtx that I'd like to share with the world. My addition makes lscape rotate the PDF "paper" { not just the text on the page { when given the "pdftex" option. (Naturally, this works only with pdfLaTeX.) The result is that the text is viewable online without the reader having to rotate his/her head 90 degrees. The document still prints normally.

but when I use \usepackage[pdftex]{lscape}, the compilation fails.

Any idea to fix it?

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    there is a package pdflscape (ctan.org/pkg/pdflscape) might work better but I have not tested it
    – Martin H
    Jun 9, 2011 at 10:45
  • @Martin H: You should post it as an answer. (And it is correct)
    – Leo Liu
    Jun 9, 2011 at 10:46
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    To quote Michael Flanders (before singing a song about a three-toed sloth): "I really ought to be hanging upside down to sing this, but I found this rather impractical, so if you can, perhaps you'd be kind enough to stand on your head to listen and we should get more or less the right effect."
    – Andrew Stacey
    Jun 9, 2011 at 10:48

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Use the package pdflscape instead of lscape. It sets the Rotate attribute of the pdf

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